I don't disagree with Ripit either. I just think we need to have someone take a look at these current laws. We live in a different world now. Actually, France and Canada are setting a good example. They just charge a levy (which sucks) but, it shows that they realize the Pandora's box is open and it cannot be closed. Lets save our courtrooms and legal expertise for other matters. The present system is like playing Whack-a-Mole with a giant sledgehammer. As soon as you pulverize one, another pops up. The courts are going to be clogged with such cases and it wont stop a thing in the long run! For the same reason people smoke cigarettes or take other risks - they will continue to download illegally. They figure the odds are so great, it wont affect them, they wont be the one punished. And by golly, they are right!

Statistics are showing that the current RIAA and MPAA strategy is a failure. Even with iTunes selling 1 billion tracks, the demand for downloaded digital content is so great, that P2P is not getting a bit smaller. People don't think downloading music for free is that big a deal.