[saskflames69]

At the end of the day, all moral bs aside, it's about money. Do I really care if those big companies lose money? What about the family that makes 50k per year that receives an email from the RIAA asking for $150,000 in damages because Junior decided to torrent a few songs? Where's their rights?

Companies like that are pretty much the same thing as cancer. They can attack you at any time and your odds of beating them are not in your favor.

Frankly, it sickens me when I hear that out of a $9.99 album on iTunes, only $0.94 goes to the artist, $3.70 goes to Apple (understandable, although a bit high) and the record company gets $5.35. Less than 10% goes to the artist. In fact, I only use iTunes in an emergency if I really want to listen to a song but I don't have access to my computer. Most of my music comes from free programs that download the MP3 from Youtube. This doesn't mean that I don't support my favorite artists. I bought a ticket to the RHCP for 90 bucks, roughly the equivalent to buying 95 of their albums on iTunes. I know, not all of the money from ticket sales goes to the band, but it's still better than seeing 53% of the profits going to WMG.