Well, I will write more later, but just to jump in here - I have cracked games and downloaded music, but only if I have already bought the titles. For instance, I play a "cracked" version of Bloodlines that simply has a different exe that makes it so you do not have to have the disk inserted while playing - thus preventing wear and tear on a disc that is no longer being produced. I still have to install from the original CDs -which I have copied to protect the originals, just as I did with my other rare/old games- and the only people who I have given the crack to already own a copy and just wanted to play without having to carry around the disks (especially those of use who play on laptops, it's a bitch carrying around a bunch of CDs that could break or get stolen). As for the music, it's a similar situation - although I mostly rip it off the original discs unless they are in such bad shape that they cannot be played.