In Europe right now, the aggressive stance of government certainly has spawned a huge debate. Right now there are actually political parties in Europe called the Pirate parties. You get the idea of just how nasty this is, but there you have more unintended consequences.
Here's the other issue I have. We talked about the fact that there's illegal activity and you're not in favour of going after someone--such as the single mother, or my son--for downloading illegally. Herein lies the problem. There are a lot of people out there who don't know that what they're doing is illegal.
Parents would be shocked if someone came out of HMV with a smuggled CD of a single from Loreena McKennitt. But if they went through the venue that you said, through that site, which sent them up to the free site--ah, that's okay.
What we need to do, I guess, is educate the public as to what is illegal and not.