eternalsun: I understand the wrong involved with downloading a song for free, and so does Courtney. What she was saying is at this point 2 things are happening.

1-it's not all that bad that the MP3's get downloaded for free because most are of poor quality (we can all attest to that), and may hopefully encourage the downloader to buy the album.
2-at this point the artists don't get any money anyway so as long as it's hurting the record companies ALOT, it's a trade-off for hurting the artists a little.

I also completely agree Tony. Sparkyb, we aren't giving the record companies a cut, we are giving the artists a very small cut. And I agree totaly about the formation of new types of companies with the purpose of promotion, but not control. We need something like a combination of an agent and an advertising agency. A company that the artists hire to do work for them.

I agree Tony, she hit the proverbial nail on the proverbial head with that one.

DiGNAN