7 Quotes by Jonathan Lamy

There are so many different ways to listen to your favorite bands. Everything from digital albums and singles, subscription services like Rhapsody or Napster, Internet radio, satellite radio, music on cell phones, CDs with added content.

Stealing another person's property is theft, it's against the law and breaking the law must carry consequences or no one will think twice. Theft undermines the ability of the music companies to invest in the new bands of tomorrow and deprives labels, songwriters and musicians of their hard-earned royalties.

We are not against file sharing. It has been an abuse of technology by bad actors.

Undoubtedly, we still have a major challenge on our hands as far too many students are still getting their music for free. The general notion is that the more logical alternatives there are for college students, the better, but we still have yet to see how a legal file-sharing service fits into the larger market.

There's still a long way to go, but we have undoubtedly come a long way. To reach this increasingly tech-savvy generation, we must continue to adapt and appeal to their consumption patterns. And music companies are doing just that.

These conversions are simple notionally, but there is a lot of devil in the detail.

This is an unusual decision based on a procedural anomaly. It has nothing to do with the merits of the case or the substance of copyright law. We have filed a motion asking the court to reconsider. To date, we have won the only two court decisions on the merits of our cases. The basic fact remains: Regardless of age, if you violate the law and steal from record companies, musicians, songwriters and everyone else involved in making music, you can be held accountable.