Are you a Pirate?

The situation in the Music Industry is getting more messed up by the minute.

Last Week the Greek Authorities arrested a man for purchasing 2 copied CD's from a street vendor, and they started threating tourists that during the Olympics the situation will get worse. See the article.
The EU has already accepted to take legal action against piracy on the web (imported US insanity). Soon we will worry more about FBI intrusions on our PC's than viruses. On the other hand more songs are offered via web than ever, followed by the proper advertising and promotion of music gadgets. Are they kidding us????
First of all, there has been proved that there is no actual relation between the drop of CD sales and Kazaa-like downloading. See the research. In adittion, the actual CD's sold in stores are way overpriced and the online stores offer inferior products of the same price. Personally I don't want to pay a dollar for a song that is of lower quality (mp3 compression) and DRM'd (Digital Rights Management - which means that I cannot copy it on a CD even for my personal use...) Imagine buing a book that you cannot photocopy, read outside your room and that would disappear after a month!!!
I beleive that the Music Industry is using every way they can to terrorise people and control their so precious music, which is in fact what kills music. The following complaint expresses pretty much my feelings. Protect the music, not the Buisness!