For Music I've actually switched to Pandora Radio. It's simply easier.. and it's free . I haven't bought a CD in a *long* time.

Unfortunately... there is no alternative to movies. I like movies.. and nobody can make me feel guilty that I have some movies on my hard drive of my computer that I stream to my TV over an HDMI cable (using Ubuntu, I might add).

First off... I have bought copies of the vast majority of them.. secondly... I've spent so much damn money on movies over the years that I simply won't feel bad if I happen to have a few that may have found there way on there from elsewhere. I have hundreds if not thousands of DVD's, same for VHS, and am just now (since I was only just recently able to afford) have started building my Blu-Ray collection.

Blu-ray gives me pause when I buy it though... because of the pathetic DRM on it. Getting me a copy of my Blu-Ray onto my computer is a much bigger PITA than my DVD's . Blu-ray's, DVD's, etc all scratch and break. I simply prefer watching something that isn't going to totally break on me.. requiring that I once again have to pay to get something I already had because it was built in such cheap quality.

But.. philosophically.. I stand at ends of the *AA (MPAA specifically here). They get my money only because there is no alternative free way to do it like Pandora Radio.. (although: Netflix comes close. It's not free but I'm not paying individually per movie either. Streaming Netflix to my TV would be all I need if the Insta-queue had more movies for it.)

ETA: This also happened with software for me. I used to use windows.. and yes I'll admit I used Pirated software because as a teen I couldn't afford the expensive stuff. Does that mean the developers time wasn't worth it? No.. but I couldn't afford it.. and since it was out there I didn't make myself suffer just to feel not-guilty at night. Since I've switched to Linux things are significantly better.. I don't use any pirated software - because I can completely avoid using any pay software. I don't buy anything off of Google Market for my Android either.