OK, I accept your stand on music sharing, but must say that I'm in support of it. I know many people say it is overly simplistic to compare music sharing to sharing a book or a magazine, which are not illegal, or checking a CD out of a library (which also costs nothing and does nothing to increase the earnings of artists), but in my view, it is identical. A friend can legally give me a book, or I can go to a used book sale, and even buy a book, both of which to my knowledge are legal, and neither of which helps the artist who created it. If a person copies a CD and gives it to me, I see it as exactly the same thing as if he gave me his CD, and as long as no money is exchanged, is identical to exchanging written print. In my eyes at least, the RIAA is nothing more than a group of legally empowered thugs. But, that's my 2 cents....
