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I think it how the law defines possesion, If you download music its an abstract item, it can't exist on its own as it needs something else to persist (Hard disk, CD, etc) hence the music item is a copyright issue. If you stole a physical CD from Music Zone(Just to link this back to a thread where we were all symapathetic to Lindsey and her collegues) then its theft.

One issue with this debate is that people rarely see the big picture(to use some management clap trap). you feel aggrieved at the price of CDs so you download it. This stiffles new talent as the music labels don't make as much money so can't gamble of lesser known talent. You also put the whole music retail trade at risk and people like Lindsey lose jobs/careers/houses etc then when you need as specialist to help you they aren't there anymore.