I’m not too sure I’m all that crazy about the recent ruling ordering an ISP to provide the name of one of their users who allegedly downloaded a ton of songs in a single day. I found it weird that the news report I heard said that the judge went on and delivered the order to the ISP, but did not rule on the Constitutionality of requiring ISP’s to provide the names of their customers to third parties. SHOULDN’T YOU MAYBE DO THAT FIRST?!?!?! So many questions arise. Was this person downloading music that is available to purchase or were they downloading unreleased/live/discontinued/super rare tracks? Like last night alone, I found a track of Radiohead doing a cover of a Deftones song. I found a live track of Soundgarden doing “Cop Killer” by Body Count. I found a bunch of Toadies shit that I’ve never heard or even heard OF. Also, does internet music sharing really cut down on the purchase of albums? Can anyone show some numbers? Is it really bad for artists or does it have the potential to be a good thing for them? Maybe I don’t have enough foresight into the future, and maybe I have a different viewpoint because I’m not making my living off of art, but personally, I’m of the mind that if I like a musician/band/musical entity enough, I will want to have their album in my collection…and not a burned CD, I mean the album with the cover art and lyrics and all of that. Of course, not everyone else is like me. Also, does the music industry really plan to go after every single user who downloads music off the net? Strike anyone as completely unfeasible? I don’t know, what do you frogs think?