It can't continue forever if a court orders that the software be disabled. Kazaa has the ability to remotely disable previous versions of its software. It has done it in the past. The people at Sharman Networks, which owns Kazaa, would be stupid to disobey such an order, as they could face criminal prosecution if it came to that point. There are a few clones that run on the same networkthat Kazaa does, the Fasttrack network, such as Grokster (who's also being sued), and I don't know if they have the ability to remotely disable their software. I'm sure other clones will pop up as well which cannot be disabled. As long as the Fasttrack backbone and Gnutella and its clones are around, music will be free. BTW Saleen, is there any way to get around the 128 bitrate cap on Kazaa?