You obviously didn't read anything I wrote, and trends in digital music consumption support what I'm saying as well. If it were as simple as free vs. not free these companies would have gone out of business years ago. AND that wasn't even the point. The point is the countless gigabytes of legitimate files and the sharing capability that has been lost because a few companies decided they didn't like how some people used a business. why does one business get to shut down another? banks can't shut down gun companies because people can rob banks with guns, they just have to buy safes, better alarms, etc.