*IF* those who post music online without permission of the artist or owners of the copyrights were merely doing a service (reminding folks of nice old music) by posting short samples, they 'might' have a point: but when they post **FULL ALBUMS**, along with full size pictures that can be used to create a CD, there is only one description of the practice that fits....piracy.

   I do not care what justifications and rationalizations one employs, what they are saying is: "I want what I want, and I don't care how how I get it, and those who think like *I* do will continue to 'share' stuff, no matter what the legalities are or whether the artists still alive & are due royalties.

You will notice they don't actually host the downloads themselves, but post them to Rapidshare, which makes a huge profit selling "premium accounts" to those who download lots of music & porn and can't wait for 'free' downloads.