It's not the consumer's fault that most, if not all, of that money goes to pay for hardware and software and phone lines and that none, not even a miniscule portion, of those costs flow back to the people who create content. A system is at work, and we should look to the system for solutions. The question is not when consumers are going to start paying for copyrighted content but when will people who build these networks start sharing the money they make with content creators and producers. Look at the other entertainment systems. Radio is free.
Television is free.
Even newspapers cost practically nothing considering the amount of content they carry. Or rather, we pay for the delivery, the box, the cable, but not for the content. Not surprisingly, free content delivery services like Napster are hugely popular. It was recently reported reported that 3.3 million Canadians used Napster in January, the most per capita of nine countries surveyed. The money that keeps the content flowing comes from elsewhere, from advertising for example.