Agreed. Furthermore, how can anyone in their right mind say that $22,500 per song is a fair amount? I had to have seen this before... can someone link me to an article explaining it? The Making Available excuse doesn't seem like it would be enough... and would the fine be different if a user disabled uploading? Would it then just be cut and dry theft, with a fine less astronomical? There's something I'm not seeing in play here...

I can't see myself paying for music through the labels anymore, they're too quick to bend us over. If more bands I like start pulling a 'Radiohead' and releasing music independently on their websites, I'd gladly pay for it. I'll still go to concerts and buy their t-shirts. But any media that has a kickback to the labels is dead to me, and I'm guessing I'm not the only one who feels this way.

This guy has balls the size of a small planet... Good on him, it will be interesting to see what comes of this.

I don't understand people saying that Google knows too much about each of us. Maybe I haven't been paying close enough attention as of late, but has Google ever done wrong by their users? And besides, as an entirely uninteresting person, I don't really care if Google knows my surfing habits. I hear the same argument against the club cards at supermarkets, and the same response applies. I don't care if the supermarket "Man" knows that I buy excessive amounts of phallic vegetables and personal lubricant (unrelated).