I don't remember the moment when I first installed in the 90' on Windows 3.x "Napster" on a PC connected to my 28.8k modem, but I do remember the "oh-my-gosh-it

I don't remember the moment when I first installed in the 90' on Windows 3.x "Napster" on a PC connected to my 28.8k modem, but I do remember the "oh-my-gosh-it-seems-to-really-work"-feeling while watching the download bar(s) slowly progressing towards the ultimate target of 100%. And then the "oh-my-gosh-this-technology-is-incredible"-feeling after doubleclicking on the downloaded file and seeing/hearing Winamp playing it (not sure if I was already using Winamp right from the start). That's when I really realized that I was connected to the whole world. Nowadays I still usually first download songs/CDs but only to be sure that they aren't bad (in the 90' I often had to pay 30CHF for a CD which contained only 1 good song) => if they're good then I buy the CDs or the single digital files (I have to "own" the media, hehe) => many people think that I'm more or less stupid/weird doing this but personally I just try to motivate the artists to keep creating what I like (kind of similar to opensource donations) and I do not want to have dependencies towards 3rd-parties => this (that for other people it's weird that I really "buy" the CDs & songs if I have anyway already downloaded them) makes me think that "ethics" have recently been lost not only in the big/high areas (e.g. big mixed scandals like Enron/Andersen, AIG/Lehman, Madoff, Volkswagen, ...) but as well on an individual level. On the other hand Spotify & Co. are anyway changing all the rules (except for me, as I have to "own" the song, hehe), so what I mentioned above is now probably not relevant anymore.