On the subject of downloaded music, I was looking for a copy of the current Doctor Who theme (not that I can find it!) on a (legit) download site, when I came across an album I used to own – Star Wars and other themes by Geoff Love. I was young but, hey, the memories came flooding back. Although not enough to make me stump up £8 for it (mumble, mumble).

That made me remember another album I used to love… Music Time (a rather old Children’s TV show). I found a cover for it but, unfortunately, it would appear to not be available in any format other than to try and find the original vinyl album on eBay.

Ahhh, the power of the internet.

Unfortunately, other powers means that I’m unable to find a copy of the Doctor Who music (without resorting to eMule!). You’d have thought BBC would be trying to milk it for all they could…

I download illegal music.

There  I said it.

But I’m not your ordinary pirate. Or “thief” as it’s probably better known.

The thing is, I hate DRM (Digital Rights Management). I pay to download some music off the net and, well, it’s not mine. It’s restricted – it’s in a format that won’t play on a lot of my devices and I’m restricted to what I can copy the music to and how many times I can. Rubbish.

So what I do is pay for a music download and then grab myself, via a P2P client, an illegal MP3 version of the same track. The artists get their money and I get to use it how I like. I see there’s more of a swing towards non-DRM music and, to be honest, it can’t come sooner.

There, now it’s out in the open, I’m going into hiding before I get traced via my ISP…