> I submit that if it has been acceptable to record Casey Kasem's Top 40,
then
> recording "trials" off of a streaming source on the Internet would be
> equally acceptable (or unacceptable), as rule now dictates their equation
> with radio and requires royalty payments (obscenely high and unfair).

I think what turned the tide on taping was the speed and expense factors.
Buying tapes even at 1.99 per, copying and mailing to friends took time
(copying at what - 2x?) and money (ask any early SOTT participant). The fact
that thousands of people can instantaneously copy and distribute music at
(arguably) equal quality and at almost no cost (email vs snail mail) means
even a lazy person can accumulate a music library without spending money.


> *Unauthorized* mp3 downloading is immoral - help me find a way around it.

I can't - my stance has always been that taking an artists' work without
their (or their legal representative's) permission is theft. But I choke on
the logic of used CD purchases. :)

cheers
b, still catching up