Music downloads are a fact of life now, and there is little that record labels can do to counter this. Despite record labels trying to implement scare tactics on the general public, there are those in the music industry who think that we should be able to download music without having to live in fear.

Veteran music producer Don Was is one such person. As he sees it, the music industry targeting music fans who illegally download songs using filesharing software like Ares is a waste of billions of dollars.

The money spent cracking down on downloaders could be used to, well, make better music and promote vitality in the music scene, says Don.

For those not familiar with Don Was, he has worked with everyone from Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and B B King, to Willie Nelson, Elton John and Ringo Starr.

Record labels have so far sued more than 26,000 people for illegal downloads, with most cases settled outside of court.

For someone like Don Was to step up and say we should be allowed to download music for free holds some weight behind it.

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