Reply #82: Your argument is as silly as every past argument the RIAA made...

[girl gone mad]

against things like taping from the radio, taping from CDs or cassettes, swapping mixed tapes, used record and CD stores.

These are all things the RIAA sued over before digital file sharing came along.

They were wrong then and they're still wrong.

Sharing music doesn't hurt the artist. It never has. It helps them gain exposure, which is what most artists crave. The real money has always been in concerts, promotional items and commercial deals.