Maybe a stupid suggestion:
Everybody who downloads mp3's,
are doing this through their own internet connection.
Or when someone downloads something through a company connection or internet cafe, it's still an internet connection.
Doesn't all connections go through some provider?
And these providers do get hold of log files... so they all know exactly wich files are downloaded and how many times.

Isn't it an idea to start up some extra registration where you can automatically see how much mp3's are downloaded, and of wich type and music it is? And i assume internet connections are not for free. :lol: So the music market wouldn't have to be killed by the downloading affair. Legal music royalty organisatiosn can get the money en registration download logs through the providers, who automatically calculate a little fee to the users.

Think about it. Internet providers are totally legal, as far as i know.