The last three posts show how silly an argument can get with folks. So Pat, with great respect for you and your accomplishments, you support giving away our music even though we have between $2,000 and $10,000 into its production? And you support this because someone else is ripping you off so we should all allow ourselves to be ripped off?

Reggie, yours is a perfect example of demagoguery. For every story you tell of the "thugs", I can probably come up with another that shows where they caused someone to be paid. I don't seriously think they are angels, but how about coming up with facts instead of this junk? How would you resolve the issue of artists being paid? Do you think it is just fine to cheat the artists out of the just compensation they deserve by ripping something that you legally should be paying for? Do you think you have the moral rights to the fruits of my labor? Or are you just defending the right to copy my property and give it away to as many people as you want?

Irish Sergeant, yours is the most shallow of the three posts. It adds nothing to the conversation. I really don't mean that to be as nasty as it sounds, but what did that add to all this? It is stating the obvious.

I wish that folks would contribute to the solutions instead of defending the indefensible. Tell us how you would protect folks like myself, and others, who would like to cover the production costs and make a fair compensation for the sale of the music we spend dollars and time producting.

Mick