"Dealing" With Casual Piracy

Ridan never said anything about its legality, just that it's become more popular, i.e. that the RIAA's efforts to shut down piracy through litigation have backfired. =|

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Again, legality and morality have nothing to do with Ridan's claim.

His point was simply that it has become more popular, partly due to the RIAA's publicizing it through their scare tactics and litigation.

You can't deny that piracy HAS become more popular. I'm not saying that it's RIGHT (speaking as somebody who has downloaded music before), but I'm saying that it's happening more and more. Has it been because the RIAA's brought it into the limelight with their flurry of lawsuits? I don't know. My sister, at least, stopped pirating music years ago because she grew concerned over the possibility of being sued. But for every person that stopped pirating, there's at least two more that I know of that started, and the RIAA hasn't done jack shit to slow it down (and I doubt it can, to be honest).

How ya doing, buddy?