Ok, let's look at this a little deeper then.
OvenMaster said:
The attraction is that what you download is free. When hundreds of thousands of people download music for free instead of paying for it, the RIAA takes notice. Why? Because they aren't getting their piece of the pie, called "royalties". So they make a stink and start monitoring people and suing them.
In comparison, P2P is free opposed to usenet services which you subscribe to. I would have to assume that since thier is no money in P2P, they would turn thier attention to Usenet Service Providers for "their piece of the pie". Technically, if I unerstand things correctly, thier server would be considered the host in possesion of a bunch of illeagally obtained material. I understand that the USP can't controll what people upload, but it would seem obvious to go where the money is.
What they should do is request a percentage of each users subsciprtion fee and let the user have a free for all as long as the copywrite owner registers the content as "Downloadable". Turn it into one huge media compnay (The RIAA) w/ a bunch of little affiliates (Copywrite Owners). DL'ing from usnet would wipe out P2P since you can get better quality and faster DL's. At least, thats my opinion...what do I know?
But then again, that's all I need, another tax and more regulations.