> If you're still pirating music in 2010, and the track you're pirating is available on the Apple Store for 99 cents, then you're just being a cheap bastard.
Amazon's digital music is pretty awesome. The only annoying limitation is that you're only allowed to download the file once, but I just immediately upload it to S3.
Another annoying limitation is that Amazon MP3 is limited to US customers only.
This greatly annoys me as there's an album I want that's not on iTunes, but is on Amazon MP3. None of the local music stores stock it. My only choices are to either pirate the album or pay exorbitant fees and wait several weeks to import the disc.
On the dual-boot to your hackintosh. Ah crap that does not seem to resolve the pirating problem. :)
The response to the itunes lover.... Seriously when we mention pirated music sells more, its because studies show that while pirating is up so are sales. In fact sales are higher now than when pirating was non-existent. There is very little corelation shown that pirating hurts music sales, and vice versa, so both arguments are kind-of equally valid. The music industry just wants every damn penny.
See the post about the Humble Bundle's pirating issue. The entire bundle of games could be purchased at 1 penny, yet people pirated, and often there are good reasons why someone will pirate vs buy.
Where can I get my iTunes for Linux?