Deliver us from the downloaders

Please, stop the pirates! (Miami Herald)

This is a moral issue. I mean, really - how can we as a nation be safe and lead the world if people !gasp! get music for free. It's not like there are bands out there dying for people to hear their music, fighting to be heard. No, not at all. There's plenty of outlets and ways for bands to connect to new fans. And young and new bands are really concerned about making sure that their record labels recover all that money they spent on their acts.

And as musicians, we certainly want to make sure that people pay for their music. After all, it's a commodity, right? Right?