So don't pay for it.
The fact that a company produces crap or does not conduct their business in a way you agree with does not give anyone else license to steal said crap.
"File sharers" seem to have much the same attitude about recorded music that those jackbooted thugs in Venezuela had when they "nationalized" that Coca Cola plant and made off with their stock. The head thug even appeared on TV, laughing, chugging a Coke he had just stolen. In more clear-headed days, such acts were called "socialism."
Actually, I don't - I just can't make myself pay that price. But I'm not a file swapper either. The garbage being put out by the major recording labels is one of my favorite old rant subjects, and I just couldn't resist. :)
I guess my problem is the heavy-handed way these labels treat their customers, and their refusal to even consider that their business practices are in any way responsible for their declining sales. What's to stop them from making their songs available for download on a pay-as-you-go basis? Personally, I would be more than happy to pay a fair price for the music I want, without having to pay for a lot of junk I can't stand.
But they don't do that. Instead they treat all their customers like a bunch of criminals and fools and take ham-handed, Luddite stands that alienate their customer base and encourage yet more piracy. And then they go crying to their pet Rat legislators to pass more laws that do nothing but stifle technological innovation in order to prop up a business model that's rapidly being left in the dust.
My solution to this problem has been to cultivate a taste for music that's put out by smaller, more independent labels, who by and large have not forgotten how to treat their customers. As for the big labels - until they can convince me that I should be one of their customers, I'll just do without their product.