Churl is right about theft being theft.

Gregor, quite a few new bands and musicians give away music for free to build a fan base. If they choose to give it away, it isn't piracy, it is part of the business model of an emerging business.

We can come up with ways to protect intellectual property rights without giving the Internet to a few large multinational corporations to use for their benefit.

“If you think you've got an inside track to absolute truth, you become doctrinaire, humorless and intellectually constipated." Saul Alinskey