now I remember! The lawsuit that was won in favor of the people was the one about how record companies have fixed the minimum price on CDs or something like that. There was like 12 million or billion involved in the settlement.
The artists are paid such a small fraction of the CD sales, the record companies take most of it. As a result, I dont really feel sorry for them. People will still buy CDs, if they really want us to stop using the internet they will quit putting filler on CDs and start making them at a reasonable price (like $5, not $20). I bet they are fueling this whole movement due to their bad attitude, they are alienating customers.

lol...does that have the same effect on a certain type of movies? LOL...my firends are big on the downloading **** on my high speed internet since they only have 28K...its really pathetic...they come over...lets start dling...while me and my gf are watchin tv or somethin...

Just use PeerGuardian and everything will be a.o.k

peeer guardian

CraZyDriVer868, I hope you make them pay or something...or sell them CDs of the stuff.

COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT WARNING:
It appears that you are offering copyrighted music to others from your computer. Distributing or downloading copyrighted music on the Internet without permission from the copyright owner is ILLEGAL. It hurts songwriters who create and musicians who perform the music you love, and all the other people who bring you music.

When you break the law, you risk legal penalties. There is a simple way to avoid that risk: DON'T STEAL MUSIC, either by offering it to others to copy or downloading it on a "file-sharing" system like this.

When you offer music on these systems, you are not anonymous and you can easily be identified. You also may have unlocked and exposed your computer and your private files to anyone on the Internet. Don't take these chances. Disable the share feature or uninstall your "file-sharing" software. For more information on how, go to http://www.musicunited.net/5_takeoff.html.

This warning comes from artists, songwriters, musicians, music publishers, record labels and hundreds of thousands of people who work at creating and distributing the music you enjoy. We are unable to receive direct replies to this message. For more information about this Copyright Warning, go to www.musicunited.net.

Thats the message i got, i get it alot...but each time its from a different person. :?

I don't think it hurts the songwriters and musicians as much as the record company who has been taking advantage of the songwriters and musicians for decades.

I am sorry, but its so greedy what they are doing. It sometimes reminds me of a little 2-year-old throwing a fit in a store. Most of the recording companies have too much money anyway. Hopefully all of this will lead to some changes in the industry. They are working so hard to prosecute people, when they could be offering them cheap alternatives. Look at Apples' $.99 per song thing, that is getting alot of business.