Why?

This!! Those bands were getting paid (well record companies were) and putting out subpar product! Eff those fat bastards!!

By free, I mean the ability to listen to without purchasing. Streaming, Bandcamp, etc.

I like your kewwl avatar, Kurtz dude!

Thank God. After reading Ms. Swift's thoughtful insights on the music industry, I can now sleep at night.

Again I ask why? Do you get to go to a department store and pick out clothes to wear for free as long as you return them to the store?

These songs are created by the artists and they should be treated like any other product. We have become so entitled as a society that we believe that any intellectual property should be free. Music, movies, art, etc....

This about sums it up.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/music_industry

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Screw them. Pirate everything.

Haven't you heard of Bearshare? God dab boy... get with the times!

Music downloaded from Kazaa can only be played on phonographs, I believe.

What.cd and Waffles are the best music trackers. Or so I have heard. I'm mainly into movies these days.

Oh I remember the days of ordering 15 free CDs from Columbia House. I was only 11 at the time. I'm not sure how, but I get the idea I ****ed my parents somehow financially.

Columbia House was a great deal...until you forget to send the form back at the end of the month and you end up with a mailbox full of Melissa Etheridge and Bell Biv Devoe cds at $18.99 a pop.

Hahaha, I seriously think I ended up with a ****ing Melissa Etheridge CD in our mailbox. My mom says what the hell is "come to my window" and why are we being billed 28 dollars for it?