(02-05-2012 11:23 AM)Joe Wrote:  I don't want to push it, but I don't think downloading music should be illegal. Simply because if it's available on the internet that probably means it already sold a lot. Would you feel better if my friend bought a CD, downloaded it on iTunes, and then handed it to me? Even though I don't pay for my music, I would definitely pay to support an aspiring musician, if I could. I can't shop online. The friend who got her non-pirated music is a very old American expat.

Not really, new music is available on the Internet before the sales really start and this limits the ongoing sales. As SOJ said, the cost of CD's now is cheap and imo, being an oldie, you can't beat having the original CD case in your collection, I mean it really is a case of genuinely owning a peice of music that you contributed to with minimal payment, it's the least one can do to show appreciation and gratitude for the hard work done by all to produce the music to disc.
I'll also second the free girlfriend