[andygrif]

Well you could look at it this way - I would not expect that the BBC would prosecute someone (through the courts of course) for retaining your favourite episode of Only Fools and Horses on VHS - the main reason being that you've already paid for it through the license fee.

Elsewhere I was shot down in flames for suggesting that file sharers should pay a 'license fee' for the right to download music - it would be a far better option than penalising legitimate music buyers by limiting their choice of where to play music.

Whilst this may work in principle, I don't think it is the best solution, becuase in doing so you make music into a commodity, which is exactly what file sharers do - and we should be trying to extole the virtues of choice and creativity - and paying accordingly.