We read it in the news everyday. The major music industry players like Sony BMG or EMI are reporting losses all over the place and blame it solely on internet pirates. Internet pirates are actually a very good excuse for bad times. Hard facts do not exist and no one is able to check on the numbers the MI provides for losses due to internet pirates. They don´t seem to realize that they criminalize their own customers with measures like copy protected cd´s and rootkit software installed on customers pc. More and more customers are becoming aware of this and are looking for good alternatives. Don´t buy Cd´s from the major record labels anymore but still enjoy music, is that possible at all ? Yes it is possible, there are numerous ways one could get his daily dosis of music and even download it to his personal computer without feeding the dragon.

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