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[UncleDave]

Please allow me to regale you with a couple of interesting anecdotes, take them as you will.

Firstly, their web page has changed since seeing this so I cant recall exactly what they said, but Stuck Mojo released their latest album for free download. Their FAQ said something along the lines of the following:

Q: Why are you giving your songs away for free?
A: Our label sometimes takes pretty much ALL our cut of the profits from CD sales. When they dont, they drag their heels paying us our share, and sometimes just dont bother paying us at all. We've been giving our music away for free for years, this time our fans just dont have to pay someone else for it!

Secondly, there once was a product by Apple. Again, I dont recall all the details and I'm hoping you'll either take my word for it or look it up yourself, I'm sure the info is online somewhere. It was i a shrinkwrap box, with the standard disclaimer saying that use of software (or perhaps even just opening the shrinkwrap) meant agreeing to the terms within. Unfortunately the terms were so restrictive that they did not allow ANY data from the CD to be copied to any other storage media. This included the hard disk on which the software itself wanted to install. It was quite literally impossible to use the software legally, because of the license agreement that the company expected us to agree to.

As I say, they may not prove any points, but just provided here as food for thought.

Oh and one last thing. ANyone who uses words like 'theft' or 'stealing' is playing into the hands of the likes of the RIAA and spreading their own propaganda. In a legal sense, copyright infringment simply is not theft. It might be OK to call it theft if you're not discussing the law, but even then it's furthering the RIAA's agenda.

Cheers.