And the people who make the music?? (Score 1)

Sounds like a good plan to get the RIAA lots of money if it even works. So lets say it does work and people on p2p have to pay to play, whos getting paid? ISPs and the RIAA, lawyers, agents and a list of IT/white colar comapnies along the way, all with their hand out, all getting a cut. You can bet the artist sees little to nothing of that dough. It still blows my mind why more artists havent followed the likes of Prince, Tori Amos, etc. Make your own website, sell your music exclusively there. Yeah, your music gets on to p2p that way, but at least the artist makes 100% profit, and you dont have to drive your ass to the mall to buy the album, so that should increase sales ( assuming *everyone* has internet access ). Distribution is basically limitless / very cheap, which was the silver bullet for the RIAA since the begining, now the RIAA doesnt hold all the cards on this one, so why sign a deal to get your CDs on to semi-trucks and into best buy/tower music stores? People like Sting and Dr. Dre make 5 cents on the dollar. I would have no problem actually paying for my music if i knew the arist was actually making a decent cut like 35-40% - like I'd like to see 50cent actually make 50 cents on the dollar. The game as is stinks and ill do anything i can to help shift the power back to the artists who make the stuff we all fuss over in the first place. =)