said by Matt:I can understand the outrage of paying $15+ for a CD with one good song. That tactic led to the huge rap boom as the artists and record labels played it up big time. It enraged me and led to me downloading a CD before buying it because I had 50 or so CDs that were utterly crap aside from the released single.
However, that is no longer the case. There are a myriad of ways to purchase legal music, all of them now DRM free. So what is the justification for downloading music illegally when you can get a song for $.99 and the whole CD for $9.99 or less ... DRM free?
Its all about money now. Why spend money on music when you can get it for free? Why buy that game when you can get it for free? There is no real justification for it now other than being too damn cheap.