[gprsh924]

The simple answer is yes and no. I download copious amounts of music. However, the vast majority of it is live music and the distribution of it is encouraged by the bands. I will admit that from time to time I will illegally download whatever the latest and greatest pop/rap songs are onto my iPod so that I am up to date on music for parties and such.

I am slowly building my collection of old Top Gear episodes. I have torrented the entirety of seasons 1-6 and have about half of 6-12.

The other thing I do is watch a lot of streaming tv episodes. I am probably about a 50/50 split of watching them on network sites (or Hulu with the advertising) or on sites like surfthechannel where they just link to chinese websites that host old episodes. I don't really feel that it is any different than if I recorded the show with my Tivo and watched it later without the commercials. Theoretically I suppose I should buy the DVDs of series that I like, but I don't have thousands of dollars to spend on episodes of television that I will only watch one time.