quote: Also, I dont think piracy is much worse now than at other points in time, when cassette recorders came out, the industry was convinced that it would kill sales, same with CD burners, and now MP3 is the big scare, but shit is still going to sell.

ok you start dubbing tapes and mailing to freinds and ill start ripping discs, because thats the scarry part i feel across anything. i know piracies there it always has been and always will be, iam up for no argument iam just saying its network was slow enough that we could control. but the digital age of music is still is grim to a point, i could make and album upload it and it could be around the world in every continet and in the hands of 1000 people withing hours of complitions and that for me a s a self confessed gadget freak is ****ing mind boggling. i actually bought the ipod upon its release, iam not saying iam f**ck of mp3 you dirty bitrat b******d, all iam saying is there will be a knock on, for consumer probably not, but from industry i think so. it depends on what side of the fence you lie, i lie both on the industry and consumer which i respectfully view to supporting the future, i alway purchase music, but i feel we are at virgin ground with edjucation the 1st generation is in place and in that there is a concious attitude to beat the system, my son came home from school and asked me to copy greendays album because loads of kids knew his dad was into music with studio and gadgets, i nearly f*****g fell of my chair even the teacher wanted a copy.....

as quick as there comes an answer theres a crack, as long as you have a signal out you will get a signal in............i do however feel sorry for the poor woman who got fined £3000 for her daughters habit.....i think this is gonna be a hot one for the future

anyway its been a very healthy discussion.....