In the past, it was more convenient to pirate, now its more convenient to buy than it is to pirate. I'll agree with you there, but I don't think legal music do

In the past, it was more convenient to pirate, now its more convenient to buy than it is to pirate. I'll agree with you there, but I don't think legal music downloads could have succeeded if they hadn't been illegal first, in the same way that freemium services become so popular based on the free option, only later to make money with the paid plan. Take my generation, who went to college from 1998-2002...we got so used to downloading illegally (the scour.net guys were in the next building over from me), that we still download today, just on iTunes since we have money now.