[Coleman]

I dunno about treating piracy as an act of terrorism...

But I really do sympathize with alot of musicians out there. Even though the whole 'fight against piracy' seems like it's being headed by the big names (Puff Daddy, Britney Spears, and other large bands) it has no impact on them really. I feel for the less popular musicians that are already having trouble brining in money as it is. As someone that has spoken with various jazz artists, I can understand where they are coming from. Many of them use their record sales to provide funding for their tours. Most of them aren't coming out of the tours with extra money. Pretty much all of it goes to educating music across the country. With that revenue diminishing, it gets harder and harder for them to perform. Then they have to jack up their ticket prices and by doing so, they have to leave behind a large part of their target audience (younger generations). Same thing goes with the classical stuff (although, if you're a principle trumpet player in the Chicago Symhony, you can make upwards of $95,000).