I think fairs fair as music in this country is way over priced as it is compared to other countrys - in a way the hand has been forced and people are now getting it for free as opposed to paying the ridiculous £20 or whatever it is for a cd - now if it was £6-£9 for an album like in the usa then more folk may be inclined to buy it - people arent daft and wont be ripped off !
I couldnt tell you the last time I did buy an album though - for the price of a bargain cd (£8) I can buy 50 blank discs and do my own - with a better choice !
I also download my own films and dont bother renting dvds from blockbuster and such like or going top the flicks - I already have munich,brokeback mountain, king kong, chicken little & final destination3 to name a few this month - and not one is a camcorder in the cinema - all perfect copies - I pay my money to do this and I am not breaking any laws in doing so as they are downloaded in binary files (not illegal to download binary files - then they get converted off line
) and they are for my own personal viewing and no one elses - not distrubuted to anybody.