Oh, absolutely, Scott. We are all probably guilty of this at one point or another.

But as musicians, with a more vested interest in having the recording industry actually be profitable (we all should at least aspire to having our recorded work make money for us!), we need to be careful that we don't make this seem perfectly OK.

There are MANY mp3 sites that are legal. Only after we have exhausted all those should pirate sites be acceptable (barely)...

BTW.. Want to get rid of all this spy-ware cr*p...? Get a new Intel Mac. Run Mac OS for the web stuff and email, and still run Windows for your Windows apps (if you HAVE to use them!). Limewire works perfectly on a Mac, no mal-ware at all...