piracy

i have practically given up on trying to download mp3s (old or new) from websites.. they either don't work, or don't work.. must be the strict legal issues surrounding them.
but then.. today i got 2 zhou jie lun songs from his new album, from a fren.. wow. and its 224 kbps. not some crappy 96kbps mp3s.
the thing about studying abroad is.. i miss things like pirated cd-s. i make it my topmost agenda after getting off the plane and after a few rounds of hawker food.. but once i get to those stalls, the desire to grab whole stacks of them just disappears. well.. not necessarily so regarding dvds.. :D.. but audio cd-s.. nah. don't think i bought many when i got back. seeing that i always felt that i must!!