Originally Posted by scassett
I suppose we can all continue to steal music (and at 5 cents a song that is what we are doing) right up until the point that artists quit making music because they can't feed themselves from the nonexistant royalties.

While I don't dispute your point, I have news for you: The recording industry has a long, sordid history of hiding or blatantly withholding royalties from an array of artists.