There is only one way for the RIAA to abate file swapping... that is to pressure the recording industry to lower the cost of their retail music to reasonable and acceptable levels. I know there are costs and artists considerations to factor in to the final total but there is still enormous overhead built in to the final price. There money would be better spent trying to come up with an alternative to the file swapping that they claim is losing them so much money.

The people have always swapped music. That part will not stop...

We PAY for the priviledge of using the media. The industry is just upset that it can be SEEN and not controlled. What I do with the media after I pay for it and leave the store is and SHOULD be MY business, as long as I'm not trying make a profit off of work that I did not accomplish.

There is another side that they are not considering... I HAVE enough music to last me the rest of my life (even if i live to be 100... ) where will the RIAA's complaint if I and others like me STOPPED Paying for their overpriced material....

If i needed to hear new music, there are enough independent and starving artists that don't fit the current fad format AND can not get a contract, that, "I" don't have to buy another new CD or tape from the major studios... Ever.

Ever hear of Consumer Backlash?

They will need OUR money long before we will need their Media.....

it made the Movie industry stop charging outlandish prices for their material...

they dropped the prices and are Still making tons of money....

I think it's high time for the RIAA to take a reality check...

What happens if the consumer money coming in, completely STOPS?

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