So with all the money to be made in online downloading, why don’t recording labels and the downloading networks just get together and be content making their fortunes? Answer – they don’t like each other. “Label executives continue to hold hush-hush meetings with leading distributors of file-sharing software, trying to find common ground. But they also seethe at the companies’ refusal to change their software in ways that might deter piracy, using words like “extortion” and “rape” to describe their situation.”