900% increase, and the RIAA is STILL bitching about illegal downloads!

They want it all! Their tactic is all or nothing, they will not settle for anything less.

I personally think that even if all illegal downloading were to stop over night, the RIAA would continue making false statements about downloading and start sueing people who at one point ran a BT website. I might consider buying some MP3s online, but the DRM I just can't swallow, no way am I paying for something with restrictions when I can get the same material without restrictions for free. Until they get rid of DRM, they can count on me to add to the numbers of illegal downloaders.

exactly. whats the point of downloading legal music, only to have it come with all these restriction. I would rather buy the CD, than be able to legally rip it to whatever format I want.

I dont see these lawsuits and indictments ever coming to an end. I agree completely that the RIAA would continue to sue people regardless of how many sells they make online. I dont respect any musicians who just try to make pop songs to get alot of cash. I can understand making some money off of your music but some of these musicians are rather greedy. It also seems like I'm hearing of more and more mainstream bands that are supporting the lawsuits.

The musicians and producers make a small % of the CD's revenue. The music industry uses the money for publicity, newspaper ads for music stores, parties, drug rehab, etc. Plus the wages for all their employees, big and small. The problem is they have kept the prices too high! If CD's were $6 or $7 new they probably sell 2 or 3 times what they sell now. But at $15 to $17 each they've provided incentive to find a different (read free) of getting the music. I use itunes occasionally. I've got it to convert the MP3 file to 16bit Aiff automaticly and a burn a cd in seconds with the songs I want without the filler stuff I may not want. It's like a flashback to the '50's and '60's when most music was sold as 45rpm singles on vinyl for a buck.