Yet more proof that to the entertainment industry, money is just a smokescreen. What they want is ultimate control.

Remember a few years ago when the whole MP3/file sharing controversy started? Napster was at the center of it, accused by the RIAA as supporting piracy.

I saw a news special about the whole issue where one of the guys who developed one of the file sharing apps, Grokster, went to the RIAA and said "You want a legal file sharing system? We'll show you how." They turned him down.

Now look at the numbers. At its peak, Napster had about 80,000,000 users. If HALF of them signed up for an unlimited download service at a flat $10 a month, that's $400,000,000 a month - $4,800,000,000 a year - with virtually no material distribution expense of pressing CDs, printing artwork, CD cases, packaging or shipping issues.

RIAA turned it down.

They turned down $5 BILLION A YEAR.

Don't tell me they're concerned about the money, or even the "we own this, you don't" copyright argument.