Anyway, let's think about music and movie files for a second… What did people used to do when they bought a new movie or even rented one? They shared it/lent it out/had people over to watch them/etc. right? I ask you… what the hell is the difference?

I own probably 100 DVD movies; maybe less, maybe more… Would the MPAA have a problem with me lending these out to all of my friends, if it meant that my friends would no longer have to purchase the movies? More often than not, they were either going to buy the movies or not… and in the case that they weren't, it has absolutely no affect on the industry… however, if they were and they found they disliked it, then good for me for saving them from buying a movie they hated.

Of course, there are the millions and millions of people who buy movies after they d/l or rent them, or see them in the theaters anyway.

These companies/associations need to get the hell over it. File sharing is not going away… and if it were, then we're just setting ourselves back about 20+ years in technological improvements.