Originally Posted by brianhos 
Unfortunately the government says otherwise, it is called "fair use." If this is ever to change, all consumers must do one thing, not buy any more CD's that are produced by RIAA artists.
**** like this is part of why I listen to the radio.
I tried legally downloading music for a while, but I ran into problems with anti-piracy encryptions and quit using that service. There are a lot of songs I'd pay for but I refuse to because I can't listen to them on my MP3 player or because everytime my hard drive gets wiped I have to call and get them to re-issue my liscense because I've had to wipe my hard drive (and therefore transfer liscences) more times than I was allowed by the initial liscense.
It's ironical really - in an attempt to stem illegal downloading (which they claim loses them money) they are losing money by driving off ligitimate business
