Quoting John Szpara <fierodsl@pacbell.net>:
I really don't want this to be a me (or anyone else) versus Yello. This is an issue about the fallacy of downloading being "theft" or "stealing". You can only be a thief or steal something which deprives the owner of that item.
After finishing work tonight, I had a look at Wikipedia (the font of all(!?) knowledge) - according to this, theft is the illegal taking of another person's property - so you are right on this point. However, copyright infringement is still a crime, whether or not you subsequently purchase the CD. Mark P. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "They offered to transport me back to any point in history that I would care to go, and so I had them send me back to last Thursday night, so I could pay my phone bill on time." (Weird Al Yankovic, "Everything You Know Is Wrong")