I like most people i know download to see if they like the song/artist. All fair in my eyes, how is P2P any different from "borrowing" a tape copy from a friend. You can't even use the excuse that P"P is much easier and simpler - noone kicked up a fuss when MD came out and one of the selling points was the easy of copying from CD to MD. It all looks like the fat cats can't justify their bonus for the year and need to blame someone insted of looking at the fundermental problem - they are massproducing boy and girl bads that really aren't very good and have a short shelf life. Start finding some good bands that can write their own music, play an instrument insted of just some eye candy. (although it is normally quite nice).

going to stop ranting now