I like to see the pitiful rationalizings for "the right to free music" blown out of the water.

One of my own analogies is:
If I was making nice furniture in my front yard and you come by with a truck,
should you just be able to pick up a table and drive off? Well why is is that just because you have a computer, do you feel you have a right to the intellectual property of others. . . cleverly calling it "file sharing".

This article recommended by ASCAP

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2008/nov/18/digitalmusic-digitalmedia

Excerpt:

"Another argument being aired is that the music industry should stop being so hung up on trying to get paid on line, indeed one story even referred to "the music industry's obsession with copyright". That's like saying "the car industry's obsession with cars". Copyright is the oxygen of the music industry. Without it, there is no industry. Sure, there may be cases for changing some industry practices, but copyright remains the essence of making money from music.

Terry