consumer empowerment or a bunch of dirty thieves?

FYI: current EU stance on peer-to-peer music file sharing.

digital music saga continues (link below)....

I like this approach because it focuses on actual piracy. It makes a distinction between what the industry calls 'piracy', in the form of someone downloading music simply for the purposes of making an informed purchase decision, and those that download, burn and sell for distribution someone else's work. In other words actual piracy.

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Wow, the debate's finally matured. I hope this catches on.