I think it's fair enough that artists would want some kind of payment for their work. However...

People constantly borrow books from libraries. The library only pays for one copy of the book, yet hundreds of people may read it, and pay nothing. Is this immoral?

Many art exhibitions are free. Admittedly, you can only see the paintings while they're on show, but are free art exhibitions immoral?

Of course they aren't.

I know, I know, making multiple copies of music files without the creator's permission or knowledge isn't quite the same thing as borrowing a book from a library, but are the two really all *that* different?

Just a thought.

-Zo"even when I do buy books, I buy them second-hand"e