[TeamAyu2004]

^^ I dont care how you justified illegal downloads... its still illegal and you are still stealing.

You have to make a choice in life... eat, or just dont buy that album.

And buy saying 'buying CD's supports the company and not the artist" is one of the weakest points ever.

You really think ayumi would be where she is today if she only sold 1000's of her albums because everyone was downloading it, instead of millions? No. The company invested into her and kept her around because people bought her albums.

You hurt the artist more than you think buy not buying their music. You need to give the company a reason to keep Ayumi on the payroll. By stealing her music and never buying it it makes her look like she is not popular and the company does not want to waste any money on her so she will never be able to do anything.
(using ayumi is an example and this can go with any artist.)

@emi
Sadly the only issue is that people want FREE things.
I dont think its unreasonable to ask for 1.29 or whatever it cost you for a download.
Or if you want to spend 40/50 bucks on that foreign album... foreign companies dont cater to anyone outside their country. And stealing their music because you cant afford to eat and buy everything that you want., well that's called being a GROWN UP. You have to make sacrifices and pick and choose what you can and can not have.
You can't have everything in life.