I was a late comer to Napster, and the only things I downloaded were songs I found that were OUT OF PRINT. This is what pisses me off the most about the music industry and record companies. I can think of 25 CDs that I would buy RIGHT NOW that I can't because they are out of print. I even contacted a Christian artist who did a song I wanted. He couldn't remember the exact project he did the song on, but told me not to waste my time because it was out of print. Sheesh, the project couldn't have been more than 8 years old at the time.
Record companies restrict the output from artists. Right now there is a Christian artist who hasn't done a project since 1995. His original label got sold and the current label is not selling his new CD for so-called marketing reasons. What we need is more independant labels who are willing to MP3 their stuff and sell over the internet. Record companies can go straight to hell as far as I'm concerned.