the last time i looked at this thread there were only like 8 posts, so i haven't read all of them yet. i probably won't. so if i say something that has been said already, i apologize. I have been pretty mixed about file "sharing" music, and movies. For one, it is like getting a warez version of windows. windows sucks, but since i can get it for free, i might as well use it. when you have an assortment of linux ditros to choose from, using windows, even a free copy, makes no sense. Why download music that is all the same mindless crap. It all sounds the same. You might get lucky, and find a label artist who is actually good. I know there are a few out there. And, you are indirectly supporting the riaa, whom we bitch about quite a bit. "fuck them and there evil business practices/methods whatever, i will just ignore it and listen to their music? what. right. I do not want to support them, in any form, so i shouldn't download the big labels music, because that is helping them keep control. like windows. enough with the computer references. lets move on. downloading music is not like getting a copy from a freind. When my freind buys a disc, and i like it, he will burn a copy for me. ripping a cd and sharing it with millions of people online is much more serious. that is stealing on a massive scale. again, why even bother. i for one, do not want to be told what to listen to. or what is popular and how i should dress. i want music back as an artform. with real artists. downloading music for free isnt helping this. supporting the labels is not helping to kill an "Industry". that term alone should be enough to ignore their shit. its a music "industry"? that makes no sense. like this post. im tired and am sorta jumping around. im done.