Yes, you can go to jail for that downloaded copy of Billy Jean, you Michael Jackson-loving freak...

I used to have KaZaA loaded on the eMachine back at the house and I used it semi-frequently to download some music back in 2000, but promptly uninstalled it when it came bundled with Bonzai Buddy and Gator spyware. It took nothing short of a complete reinstall of Windows ME to get rid of it. Yes, I had WinME years ago and I loved it. I digress.

Check this out. The RIAA folks are starting to grow and decend some testicles cause now they want to find you, and sue your bandwidth riding ass for your pirated and downloaded copy of Starland Vocal Band's Afternoon Delight. Shit, I'd sue too if I found crappy music like that on anyone's computer...

Deeming that file sharing sites are freely allowing users to swap copyrighted music, the Recording Industry Association of America is sniffing out your IP address and sending Cease and Desist letters to file swappers warning users to stop before legal action is taken. I used to think how greedy these bastards were, but started to think of it from the economic standpoint. While the expectation of music being a freedom issue, it is. You are free to listen to what you want, but you are also obligated to pay for what you hear. You purchase tickets to hear a live concert, or you are explicitly invited to listen to some free music outdoors, but when you freely take music that was meant to be sold as a part of an album, that is wrong.

Do the adult thing. Burn your already ludicrously large collection to a CD and delete them from your computer, or upload them to your iPod to listen later. Better yet, uninstall KaZaA from your system. You'd be surprised how easy people can send viruses, trojans and use your info against you. I've been KaZaA, Limewire, and Napster free for 3 years. There are other good uses for the internet than file sharing.

Download that, you voyeurs!