Buying vs Downloading for free, what's your stance? Options

[queen]

are you the type who downloads all your stuff or do you actually go buy and support the industries?

i'm annoyed with people telling me i'm stupid for actually buying my softwares, movies, games, and CDs. i'm sorry that i like having legit collections and the feeling of accomplishment when i buy something i've worked hard to save money for.

edit: if it's your thing to download, it's not my problem; i just really dislike it when people get on my case for not wanting to.

[*paperplane*]

I listen to way to much music to be able to afford it all. As it is, I would ideally buy my favorites, but frankly it's too expensive. I'm way too broke right now for all that, which I am reminded every time I do try to pay for music. But I do support artists somewhat, because I go to a lot of shows. So I download because I don't have the money, but probably would still have to even if I were less broke.

I download movies occasionally, but not as a rule. I mainly do it out of convenience, and also because I recently discovered that it's f**king $10 to go to a movie. That's just criminal, and I refuse.