Illegal (?) downloading,

So if I pay an internet service provider (ISP) (in my case Brighthouse Networks) so many $$$ per month to receive the internet in my home shouldn't I be allowed to receive ANYTHING that is available on the internet? Whether it be news, porn, pay my bills, instant messages, software, or music, whether it be from iTunes or a peer-to-peer network or a torrent, if it's there I should have the right to access it. But the music industry has deemed peer-to-peer (or networks where one can download and/or share files, or songs, or movies, etc.) as illegal, infringing on copyright laws. Now, I can understand how one might feel ripped off if he/she has written/recorded/published a song and you download it, and because you can now hear that song anytime you want AND it sounds very good (most mp3's do nowdays) you won't go buy it. However, if that is or is not stealing is open to your interpretation, but before the internet boom and the download era that we are in even began the record labels, computer software giants like Microsoft and a whole host of other entities knew that this capability was on the horizon, yet they did little or nothing to stop it (I personally feel Microsoft is more to blame than others, I could be wrong but I doubt it). Now there are millions of folks out there who haven't bought or have bought very few physical cd's in a very long time. I still buy them, at least 2 to 5 a month, but hey, I'm old school I still love vinyl. Record labels decided to make an example out of someone so yesterday a jury found a woman liabel for sharing copyrighted music online and awarded the labels $220,000. What do you think?

Hey, be sure and catch Kid Rock on 'Larry King Live' tonight at 9 pm on CNN. I'm sure we'll be hearing how he thinks Pamela Anderson lied about having a miscarriage diring their marriage, his brawl with Tommy Lee at the VMA's
Nirvana is putting out their 'MTV Unplugged' on DVD November 20th
New rock tracks that MIGHT hit a radio near you: Neil Young - Dirty Old Man; Bob Dylan/Mark Ronson - Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine); Paul McCartney - Only Mama Knows; Alter Bridge - Rise Today;

Rocktober 5th birthdays: Steve Miller is 64; Brian Johnson from AC/DC is 60; David Bryason from the Counting Crows is 53; Bob Geldof is 53; Dave Dederer from the Presidents of the United States of America is 43;