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Given all the posting while I was writing the above blatherings, here's the short version:
For the downloaders: If it's worth your time to read it, watch it, or listen to it, it's worth paying for. On the other hand, if you sample it and hate it, just delete and be happy. Think of it as "voluntary small-scale patronage of the arts."
For the content creators and copyright owners: Provide decent value for people's money, and most folks will pay you willingly. After all, if they like the product, they'll want more of it -- and someone's gotta pay for that! But "decent value for people's money" probably means a lot less per copy than you think it does. Fortunately, the net lets you remove at least one layer from your distribution network. Split that markup with your customers and both creator/owner and customer will be better off.
Xenophon
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