The purchase of a record or cd allows the purchaser a free copy as a back-up. Heck, I have duplicated some favourite stuff from vinyl to tape because the vinyl was 'wearing' out. If someone ripped a copy of something I did years and years ago, I don't mind. Rip a copy of something I wrote recently and that becomes a very different matter.

Great to see you again, lox. I have missed you, your wit and your humour. But I know other things are more important just now. Good luck with it all. Keep well.