All of this has happend before and will happen again....
DOS attach on the IFPI's site is pointless. Even more pointless when it is only for 1 day. Its not like a lot of people use the site.
and torrents do have legal uses, but then so do VCR's. Both can be used legally and illegally (how naughtly of you for recording that episode of Eastenders). This was all decided 30 years ago and now the media companies want another crack at changing the way things are, to get bigger proffit margins and sell more shares, yada yada yada.
Things don't change much, the names do, but the result is always the same. I sue you.