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The finances of the music industry have turned 180 degrees in the last 3 decades - It used to be that bands made their money from selling albums - the concerts were just publicity tours to promote those albums.
Of course, ticket prices are partially responsible for the turnaround - I paid $4.50 to see The Doors in 1970, and $65.00 to see James Taylor in 2001.
Getting back to the original question, I don't feel guilty about downloading mp3 files - for the most part, I download my favorite songs from growing up - I already bought the albums, but haven't had a turntable for over 15 years - so now I listen to my favorite "albums" on my CD player.
As far as new music, it's been said earlier - mp3 quality isn't the best - if a CD is worth listening to, it's worth going out and buying it.
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If you want to avoid 95% of internet spelling errors:
"If your ridiculous pants are too loose, you're definitely going to lose them. Tell your two loser friends over there that they're going to lose theirs, too."
It won't hurt your fashion sense, either.
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