Prevention of Illegal Copying of Music Files

Discuss and post your responses to the statement regarding the best solution for preventing someone from making illegal copies of music files. Do you concur that the best solution currently available is for the courts to enforce property rights and for the recording companies to pursue illegal music file sharers and hit them with large penalties? On the contrary, would you rather see a tax placed on MP3 players where the tax revenues may be distributed to the music performers and recording companies? What other proposals would you recommend in resolving this free-rider problem? Is it resolvable? Justify your statements.