Originally posted by Gemini
Thats why they play it on radio stations free... NOT for you to make the CD all over again for 25 cents worth of disk.
radio bites dick.. i'd much rather listen to my cd's..
The bands don't make THAT much from albums... their income is from concerts etc. So you want to take the little bit from each album they might sell?
i know.. im a wannabe muso..
thats why i buy shirts and go to gigs. im not taking anything.. i'm downloading a shitty copy of someone's songs to listen/evaluate.... if i like it i'll buy. to tell you the truth, the greatest thing i've noticed with napster et al is the kick ass rarities you'd NEVER be able to get your hands on.. whether it's unreleased stuff of live versions.. it's good shit..
And please do NOT tell me that you just 'might' buy that album if you get to rip it off, burn it and all of a sudden need to see the pretty little CD jacket in the box, so you rush out and pay 17 bucks or whatever. lol 
why NOT?? i buy FUCKLOADS of cd's.. just because YOU wouldn't doesn't mean I won't.. i NEED the little jacket.. I want the liner notes.. I NEED the lyrics.. and the bloody obvious -I NEED my bitrate above 128.. i recently bought the special edition of "petsounds".. 3 cd's.. booklet.. all tracks in mono.. all in stereo.. vocals only.. brian's live studio notes.. everything...
when i go to the store i'll get maybe 10 cd's at a time.... usually with at least 2 i've never heard of before.. or look like a good "bet".. mp3's keep my "shite percentage" down.. and let me check out so many more bands than a record store can..
i don't burn mp3's to cd.... music plays an incredibly large part of my existence.. i don't skimp on it.