[DarkHoodness]

You said it, WoF.

I speculate that the artists themselves don't suffer from illegal downloading much - it's a way of spreading their music about. The people who refuse to pay for music won't ever pay and there's no way of making them do so - But most people are honest and if they become larger fans of an artists music, they buy their albums and go to concerts (which I've been told is how they make most of their income) to support them. If it really was that dire, surely artists would stop making music?

I find it funny that it's the long-established record labels and publishers who are making a fuss over this 'cause they're an outdated concept in these days of fast data transfer. They're the ones who are losing out - Not the artists. They also seem to mainly be the ones fighting the legal battles against the pirates - Not the artists. They're upset because they can't leech off of other people's success anymore. Greed is a funny thing.