I don't believe he ever said that he was illegally downloading songs. If he downloads songs legally from the net, there is nothing wrong with making a CD of these songs and listening to them in his car. I don't think "Napster" was ever mentioned, and I'm pretty sure he didn't say, "Hi, I'm downloading Metallica songs from my friends hard drive...."
Perhaps there is some legal technicality to stick up your ass on this one...perhaps something to do with not making *any* copies whatsoever for *any* reason of the copy that you download onto your system. In this case, if you're oh so afraid of going to hell, I'd download directly onto CD via DirectCD software.
Why's everyone so fucking anxious to slap on these tin badges anyway? Is it healthy to assume guilt without any evidence whatsoever?
Sample dialog:
Q: "Hi. I just got a new car this weekend, and the clutch seems to be sticking. Can you help?"
A: "New car eh! Don't you know you shouldn't be stealing cars?! What, just because all of your friends have cars, you should steal one too?"
To quote bruce, "*SHEESH*"
P.S. My position on downloading material that was not intended to be downloaded (e.g. the entire Napster debate) still holds, as I am firmly against it.
Anyway, Borg, you used your car as example...is it your only example? I've had plenty of trouble getting CDRs to play in certain car stereos. Try burning at a slower speed, and closing the disc completely when you're done. Also with some recorders, you can't do ANYTHING on your computer while burning or you'll fuck it all up.
Slackmaster 2000