Ill admit, i got some 10 GB of OGG's and MP3's. So sue me.
About 8 GB of the stuff was from a shoutcast stream. Not full albums, and the only reason i have them is because i want to listen to them when i am offline. I dont use Kazaa or any file sharing tools, i need a song i ask someone else to download it for me, if i like it, i go out and buy the full album.
Personally i like what they do in Switzerland in some stores, you get a CD, they open it for you, stick it in the CD player, and let you listen to the album, this is when i would buy the CD there, and not download stuff. I am very supportive of groups/bands that i like.
Yes, personally i also warez certain apps for windows, for the following reasons:
1. I dont have $500+ to spend on buying them
2. I use em once or twice ( Waste of cash )
3. My dad disallows me to buy violent games. I have many a times bought a game, come home, and hid the origionals and keep the ones i burnt from the net. Since my dad doesnt care about them.
On the other hand, i have a lot of warez available to me, i DONT use it. I still have it but DONT use it, i like open soure stuff, its always uptodate and mostly smaller, faster and less bloat than commercial products. Case and point openoffice, the gimp, maguma studio for php.
I know it doesnt justify me having the apps and music, but its damn hard to find a good trance/techno CD here in NJ. I personally hate crap like metallica and britney spears.
I prefer having stuff on my PC anyways since i dont listen to CD's, i like to open winamp, and have my 1,000+ songs available to me. Just easier than swopping CD's, plus then i can listen to random tunes from random people and not have to listen to an entire album of one person.
