[Shaun]

bigbr0ther - how do you respond to the argument that downloading music for free is exactly the same, in terms of availability and easiness, as watching the song on YouTube whenever you like? There's absolutely no difference. In fact, with YouTube you even get to watch the music video as well, which is even more than what you get with just an mp3 recording.

As well as this, are artists actually losing anything? Do you see the likes of Rihanna and Mika living in squalor because of this? No. They're living it up at parties and awards and raking the cashflow in, and for those of us without the money to pay for whatever music we want to listen to, which we could do anyway by YouTube, radio, or whenever, it's a much easier and, IMO, morally-sound alternative.