The hilarious aspect is that they will never give up, and they will never, ever make one iota of difference. Those who choose to not pay for music will continue to not pay for music. A tax on used music will never fly. We will live to see the day when artists pay to record their own music and release it directly to the internet. Payment will be optional. Their real income will continue to come from the live shows, just as it always has. With a little luck, music will improve by leaps and bounds as the only real way to become known will be to make good music. Natural selection at it's best.

There is simply no way to avoid it. Mp3 playback devices are becoming better and more widespread and broadband is expanding. If you can play the music in any way then you can copy it. I mean, of course they have to put up the fight. What else can they do? But in the end, they must lose. It is unavoidable.