Although I don’t condone piracy I read this article by demonbaby about the whole oink hysteria and he made some really good points:

“If you like bands who are releasing music on open, non-RIAA indie labels, buy their albums! You’ll support the band you like, and you’ll support hard-working, passionate people at small, forward-thinking music labels. If you like bands who are completely independent and are releasing music on their own, support them as much as possible! Pay for their music, buy their merchandise, tell all your friends about them and help promote them online - prove that a network of passionate fans is the best promotion a band can ask for.”

Read the full article…

What these kind of systems can be good for is the fact that it lets us preview stuff that we can buy. But if we just take all of it and give nothing back, aren’t we just simple theives?

Sublight records is what in my opinion a really good example of what happens when piracy goes to far.
I really hope those enourmously talented artists will find some other channel through which they can get their music out to a broad audience!