Recording industry sues 532 it says were swapping music online Music industry sues fans of music! That is a great plan. Turn off as many young consumers as possible, that's how brand loyalty works.

"The recording industry blames lagging music sales in recent years on the rise of online music piracy."

Not shrinking radio playlists, not Clear Channel owning over 1200 stations, not Viacom owning MTV, M2, VH, etc, not crappy compilations like "That's What I Call Durst Vol 1,2,3,4...", not overcharging on every CD, not just crappy bands making crappy music, but file sharing.

The average song, that's properly bought, and gets ripped on to a hard-drive and file-shared is downloaded 5 times. 5 people download a song for every purchase, you follow? Why are sales only down 5% a year, they should be down 50%, File sharing is helping the music!  ¶ 9:36 PM