What about those of us whose mp3 collections consist entirely of music ripped from our own cds? Because after all, we aren't all pirates.

And what about those of us whose mp3 collections consist mostly of things we own? For example, I just downloaded a bunch of Rakim mp3's a couple weeks ago, because my tapes are getting funky. Should I have to buy new copies because I didn't get vinyl? Maybe, but I'm not going to. I own a copy of "You Know I Got Soul" and I'm gonna play it when I want to.

The rest? Boom Bap Project, Azarel, Byrdie ... I want to get these albums, and the mp3's are previews of them. I probably wouldn't have bought the Byrdie album, except I got to hear 5 tracks from it, and now I want a copy. That's exactly what Brother Chuck D's saying and that's exactly where I'm at...