P2P File Swapping on the Rise Again?

asdf 101 writes "News.com reports today that 'After six months of declines, peer-to-peer usage recently climbed 14 percent.' Their bottomline: 'The decline came as the RIAA launched more than 300 lawsuits against file swappers. The reversal cast doubts on the music industry's claims that its lawsuits are working to deter people from illegally downloading music files.' I guess wake_up_and_smell_the_coffee time just gets that much more imminent for all the hacks at RIAA." There's also an AP story, and you might want to review this story from just a few weeks ago that has different conclusions.

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Illegally downloading?

[John Seminal]

The number of people downloading music illegally surged a month after recording companies began suing hundreds of music fans, a marketing research firm said Thursday.

I still say it is not illegal. If it was legal for me to get a tape and record off the radio, then why is it illegal for me to use my pc? Also, what I HATE about the music industry is they rip people off. They all made secret deals to keep prices high, and they do not pay the artists anything. Why does a CD cost $15 bucks when I can buy a blank one for $0.05 and burn it myself? And if the artist is not getting money, then who is? Plus, this dollar a song crap is just as bad, it still costs 15 bucks to make a CD (yet minus the manufacturing costs, warehouse costs, and store costs). The recording companies are still overcharging.

I say people should keep sharing. If I find some song which tells me something or makes me feel something, I want others to know about it. And if I own that song, I have a right to make as many copies and give them out to whoever I want. I could care less about the RIAA terrorists.