I wouldn't mind paying a small fee either. But should the service be shut down, I've gotten MP3's in other ways. From Irc to ftp searches, the RIAA will never get rid of mp3's.

But isn't a billion a drop in the bucket for these guys? I say they'll reject it and go for the jugular. If any of these guys had a brain, they'd implement a way to go to a record store, browse through every song ever created, then burn their own cd in a booth. A fee of around $7 would apply. But that would mean artists would have to put more effort into all their songs instead of packaging a couple of songs onto an otherwise crappy cd.

But then again I'm just rambling. =)

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