[Vaskez]

The endless spiral...if people download stuff because of the expensive street prices, the prices will only go up even more so that the publishers/vendors can make up their losses by charging the legitimate buyers even more. Then people will buy less and download even more etc.

These lawsuits will never stop filesharing, for reasons above, and because the only way to stop filesharing completely would be to shut down the internet or at least to outlaw all file-transferring software - but that of course cannot be done because of the commercial uses of it.

What may slow down file sharing in the future is the introduction of monthly download limits by ISPs.

Also, I think people should strike a better balance between downloading and buying. Yes download, to test, trial, then buy if you like it; if you don't like it, you're not going to use it anyway. Then maybe the prices will get more reasonable. But already, the download music services have kicked off and they offer much better value for money - they won't reach their full potential though, unless they get rid of the stupid digital rights management which allows people only to play it on certain comps/players.