Well, how much are their actions costing, I mean researching and capturing data about alll these P2P sites, bittorrent, emule, DC etc is going to take quite a lot of work in itself. How much are they spending on capturing the P2Pers??

Also how many people who would have bought albums would now boycott them?? (Well I suppose that they don’t care about because then they can always blame lower figures on P2P).

I mean how much do you want to keep paying these, in essence, “heavies”. And IS there actually any difference between these guys and the mafia?? I mean can anyone seeing the mafia shakin down a kid, wouldn’t there be uproar?? But hey .. the mafia don’t control the airwaves!!

When will more Artists realise that they can now market their product directly to their consumers over the Internet. I mean, they don’t really need these people anymore!!

So I suggest that everyone stops giving them money, yes in essence a boycott, and goes and buys something from from an Independant, like Warp Records http://www.warprecords.com

Here’s a great quote from Warp:

“Bleep MP3s have an average bit rate of around 205kbps VBR, while the majority of MP3s found on the internet are 128kbps.
Secondly, Bleep music has no DRM or copy protection built in. We believe that most people like to be treated as customers and not potential criminals – DRM is easily circumvented and just puts obstacles in the way of enjoying music. Apple has even privately stated that they decided to use a weak form of DRM solely to get major labels onboard.”

There’s also http://www.soundclick.com – buy direct from the Artist, here’s a quote:
“What is a zero-commission store? Unlike the other music sites, we take 0% commission on sales. All profits are kept by the band. The bands are also the ones sending out their merchandise. You as a customer have later the chance to rate the delivery. Was it prompt? Did the shipment arrive in a good condition? All customer ratings are available to all other potential customers. This open system works perfect for bands and customers alike. So go shopping!”

it is called efficient information transfer at increasing returns to scale.

the marginal cost is negligible, but it requires a willingness to accept open standards and *gasp* give people what they want.

They want to PARTICIPATE in their culture, not simply “consume” it.

Your industries, mr. Glickman, have, in the mean time, forced us to it by making an end run on fair use via the DMCA. Because under the DMCA we are not able to do as we wish with our purchased media, we no longer really own what we buy.
YOUR group has stripped us of OUR right to individual property; not the right to distribute it online, the general right to govern what we buy. It is being applied to “protect” our electronics from our evil tinkering hands.. how dare we as purchasers choose to add capabilities and interoperability to our devices and media.

Now its your turn. Weve been taking it up the wazoo from your pet DMCA for 6 years now. My right to innovate as a programmer is effectively nullified unless i pay kickbacks. Now you get to suffer for a while. I personally hope you continue to be more abstinate and blatant until your industry really does die.