Sandy, that is an entirely different topic from the downloading of music from a CD. Much of the music you describe was copyrighted to protect it, as in the case of Alan Lomax. For what it is worth, in my opinion if someone legally owns the copyright, they are owed for its use. If I have a problem with the way it was obtained, I simply won't record it. But that isn't the topic here. We are talking on this thread about the filesharing of someones intellectual property.

Mick