what they charge for a cd is exorbitant, look at the profits that some of these companies make, corporations are fair game as far as i'm concerned, one drug company last year made over 10Bn, and how many donations did they make to third world countries that can't afford to buy some of these lifesaving drugs, zilch. i do buy albums when the mood takes me but i d/load a lot of seventies music(the good stuff) that you have trouble finding in shops, the ruling by an american court that forced an isp to hand over personal details of customers to the record industry for prosecution i think has moved the goalposts, even if kazaa goes and another one takes it's place the same thing will happen,big brother is alive and well, and is also known as FAT CATS. brian