That's what bothered me though, wouldn't stealing mean taking the original away without paying for it? Whereas the music is shared, so no one is really that badly affected by it, it's same as sharing CD's between friends, but online I suppose. Since one copy can result in millions being pirated, although potentially lost sales, they can make those sitting on the fence to actually go out and purchase the CD's or even go to shows, which would probably bring in more capital for the artist. Think of it as sampling I suppose.

well yes. But, I was arguing with his viewpoint that it's for some reason okay to steal music and for some reason it's not okay to steal videogames from a moral standpoint. It's essentially the same thing to steal a videogame or music from a moral standpoint and arguing that it's drastically different is nonsensical.

If you don't think it's bad  to steal digital media etc, that's you're perogative. People all have their own definitions of right and wrong. They are both illegal, but not all laws aren't the ultimate moral authority.

I mainly stopped buying music (I still buy some albums off Amazon from some 90s bands periodically). I switched to listening to music mainly through my collection and Pandora.

Well I haven't bought CD's in forever, but if I do it's because I like a lot of the songs and so I think they are deserving of money. I buy individual songs though, and I don't give a crap if the person is already rich, that is pathetic logic...if I like there music enough to buy it they are deserving. Typically songs I'm just sort of interested in I just listen to on youtube, if I feel a song is worthy enough to be downloaded it is just as worthy of purchase.

Yes I think piracy is morally wrong, music isn't a necessity so you aren't entitled to it.

Well, I mostly only if I truly like the artist/song (with an Amazon giftcard), or if I have Amazon mp3 credits. I've stopped buying on iTunes.

I only buy on iTunes if I have a giftcard there.... but I'd rather use it on apps instead.

I tell you something annoying, I had a collection of free music, and songs I paid for on iTunes.

After having a few problems with my PC, formatting it. Afterwards the ones I got free worked fine but the ones I bought I could not use anymore as I had used them on 5 systems or some crap! (of which I didnt, only that the PC had been formatted a couple of times).

Way to influence my future destination for music downloads...

beacuse i got piratebay no money living in a country you cant even buy original stuff like games ,music ,movies its all pirated lol

and my town finally got a better internet connection and everyone can download as much as they can so all dvd stores are closed except one ...:))

I download lots, but if I find an artist I really like I buy their album to support them. I think I easily have over 100 CD's now. But I also have probably 2,000+ songs that I "file shared".

And also because I use the CD player in my car a decent amount. I have an Aux cable for my iPod but sometimes I forget my iPod at home then it's either CD's or the radio and I would much rather use CD's. 

well I suppose in certain situations like yours, there is no choice, because literally everything is pirated anyway, even physical copies of DVDs are pirated

....but I'm not so sure that I would still call it "right" though.....

Because everything has value and took someone's efforts to create.