Sharing MP3s

I'm not opposed to people downloading music, but then again its not mine to start with, if I were a successful artist with CD's I wouldn't are if people downloaded it without paying me as long as I get credit and my music is enjoyed. I quite oftern share music amoungst my friends so they can hear what I'm listening to and I can hear what there listening to, thats how bands get known, people talk about it pass it on and if they like they'll tell their friends. 

eddietrooper wrote: MikeEnRegalia wrote: yep ... just read in German news today that in the US the Republicans are trying to raise the maximum penalty for illegal file sharing from 5 to 10 years. And even the mere posession of software which can be used to circumvent DRM or other protection mechanisms will also be punishable. Still don't want to use Napster? If everyone who owns pirate copys of MP3 is going to be punished then they will have to build jails for millions of people, because they will have to punish also people who own a pirate copy of MS Office, for example, which is also illegal. In Spain I don't know a single person who owns an original copy of MS Office at home, unless it is included when buying the computer (which is extremely unusual here). Will they all be put in jail? Not possible. For the same reasons, I don't believe that that file sharers will be punished.

Odd that. Why steal when you can have it for free?