Actually, in most recording and music publishing contracts unless a record company has opted for one of the new MU "profit sharing" contracts (mmmmmmm, remember the conspiracy suits against the US film majors about thier defintions of "net profits?) the artist or composer gets remunerated out of retail vinyl and CD sales (and in music publishing contracts, other defined categories of revenue). The Norm is NOT to share internet revenue.

So the only person (mostly) getting hurt when Joe Schmoe makes an "illegal" internet downoad is the man, not the artist.

Let's stuff the industry, and have artists earn their money playing live, and off their own website sales. Maybe we'd get some music instead of some VERY soft porn masquerading as girl groups.