Found this on ZUNE SCENE and thought it was worth considering and sharing....
I can understand pirating something if it's long out of print, or if you're a struggling college student who genuinely loves music, but there is nothing so sad as a grown adult with a job who whines about music being too expensive (despite owning a $250 MP3 player), and who sits on a fat nest of pirated files all proud like he gave birth to them himself, acting like he's a frontline soldier in the fight against the RIAA.
Downloading RIAA music for free doesn't fight the RIAA. Spending money on non-RIAA music fights the RIAA.
You're not fighting the system by pirating RIAA musicians. At best, you're hurting the musicians you seem to want to listen to. Way to go, champ.
The only way to end DRM is by spending your money on media that doesn't use it, acquired through legitimate means.
"Oh, but balistic, then I can't listen to
Yeah? and? You're going to die if you can't listen to Nickelback?
There are a ton of online stores selling non-RIAA, non-DRM music, for totally reasonable prices. If you can't be bothered to find something you like in one of them, then you deserve every annoyance the major labels can shove in your tone-deaf ears.
The majors will die more quickly if you spend money (even a little) on the good music they have nothing to do with.
I'll give you a start:
http://www.bleep.com (wide range of styles, better quality than iTunes, and no DRM whatsoever)
http://www.detroitdigitalvinyl.com (if you like techno, this place is heaven. You can even download WAV files!)
*balistic
Zune Freak
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