Originally Posted by stewlewis

Like i said, it's all about collectors. It has nothing to do with real fans. I dare say most of the internet traffic is not 'real'.

School yard, who has the biggest collection of MP3s, they'll never listen to them all. Who is the first to find a copy of the latest album/film. Who makes the first rip themselves and tags it and how many people download it, how far around the world has it gone. (like virus writers). If a collector has rare downloads etc. he/she could trade with friends.

Legitimate fans buy the media because they want the quality. They want the package. They want the uncompressed surround sound HD movie. They won't use this service. They'll use the free ones for background music.

Middle of the road music listeners and film viewers may use this service, they don't care about 128k background music quality or they have their DVD player hooked up to the biggest plasma they could afford via scart or composite. The aren't the most Tech Savvy and they probably bought and IPod without considering sound quality.

The collectors, internet graffiti writers never gave a damn about legalities anyway and still won't. One or 2 may use this service to grab a massive collection fast, but they'll just share it anyway via other means.

If Walmart charged an entrance fee and everything was free there'd be loads of folks who raped the store of all it's good rather than popping back when they needed someting. Just cus they can...................