"If you don't want to buy the music, fine. But to steal it is to break the copyright laws."
They are trying to get me to pay for music that I have bought and re-bought. Who's really doing the stealing here?
Also, If I download a song, like it, and go buy the album, is the song I downloaded still "stolen"? Likewise, if I own the CD but I left it at home, can I download so me and my friend listen? You have made it quite clear what the vast rights of the RIAA are, now what are MY rights?
Look, what's happening here is the world is changing. You and others may not like it but music distribution and sales as we know it is over. It just is.
The only change is that the average citizen thinks that he is above the law.