Hey, Tom (and everyone else), did you see where RIAA is backing down on its piracy lawsuits? They lost a case recently. In part, the judge said:
"Merely making an unauthorized copy of a copyrighted work available to the public does not violate a copyright holder's exclusive right of distribution."
See
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9932004-7.html for the article and
http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp...080429Decision