The recording companies seem more concerned with quarterly profits, and such financial business, than the artists. They are trying to show the shareholders that they are taking steps forward. Record company thought process: profit go down, this bad, how make profit go up?? i know! shut down nasty bad sharing people! Share price go up! collect bonus!

This is probably why you don't see any major group or solo artist championing this 'innovative approach to combating the serious problem of Internet piracy'. In most cases, they are still making ends meet, and they are not going to see the immediate benefits of supporting a cause such as this. They also wouldn't feel any pressure to damage their image by supporting sabotage attacks on KaZaA and other services. I am sure there are many people, such as myself, who buy plenty of music, but still download a fair bit of music just to see what it's like. I would lose respect for any band that supported this idea.

I can only recall one band that has been significantly damaged by MP3 distribution, and that is King Diamond. This is quite sad, but until it actually becomes a serious problem to many artists across the spectrum, I don't think people will stop downloading music. Recording companies also don't seem to realise that no matter how hard they try, dedicated software programmers will always find a way around their attempts to shut down P2P.