In my younger days before computers in the home, I copied quite a few records on to tape becuase I was a poor enthusistic music hungry kid without enough morals. I knew I was a stealing when I did it and felt guilty, and only later went out a purchased a lot of those recordings when I could aford it. I was probably the exception. I was worried that one of those artists might wind up in my house and see the stuff. When I started to have recording products myself, it put everything in perspective right on my doorstep. The computer that is in almost every household in North America has made it so easy and so fast to copy or download and people have taken to it in a big way. It's a turkey shoot for free stuff. Sure it's a huge audience out there in computer land- perhaps God is telling us that music should just be free for all after all. Try telling that to a professional musician or a folk music record company that just invested in a recording. If this keeps up there will be no investment in them at all - why bother.