RIAA wins in court!

The RIAA won their first federal case pertaining to the protection of copyrighted music and file sharing this week. I was expecting a much more intellectual exchange of thoughts about this. I haven't seen much thus far. The offender was fined over $220K for 24 songs worth less than $25.00. This was just a cut and dried case about a high tech shop-lifter who will have to pay more than she should for her crimes. I wonder if that's the precedence setter? At any rate, just for the record, I would like to see the music industry change soon. I have always been a consumer, my wife and I own over 800 CD's which we have purchased over the years. For us it's more about convienience. I need a service to convert all of these compact-discs, along with their liner notes to a digital format to make listening to them more enjoyable in today's world of technology. I don't have the time to do that. Not to mention the fact that the industry will not replace what you have purchased if it is damaged. Maybe the recording industry should include a little customer service in their price of a compact disc and it may entise more people to stay on thier side. Say, replace lost, damaged or stolen copies, with proof-of-purchase of course. Or, allow registered purchasers to download or stream, at any time from any location the music they have legally purchased. Just a thought...