for Americans who don't have the new record yet Options

[Mercury46]

ok, so I don't know if this will be considered "advertising" or not, but I assure you, I'm just trying to spread the word about a good thing... one fan to another.

There's a website called allofmp3.com where you can get records (including SFBM) for very cheap. SFBM is currently being offered for download for $1.20 It's also legal because it's through the Russian equivalent of the RIAA. You can choose what quality and format you want, and the price reflects the quality ($1.20 is for 192kbps). They offer a large selection of artists and records, but I have, on occasion, not found what I'm looking for there.

Anyway, if you don't want to wait for the official release, you can download it right now for a lot less than iTunes is charging.

...and yes, I did buy a copy of it from Amazon.com on import for $17 which was delivered earlier this week, so don't accuse me of taking food out of their kids' mouths.

[seriakiLLa]

I'm just curious, how effective is your system (in the US) with regards to crackdown on illegal downloading of music? Has anyone ever been caught downloading off mIRC for example, or bittorrent?