I'm not sure that it is either communist thinking at it's finest, or costs the artists nothing.
Either way, the music industry is going to have to deal with it. And they need to find a better way to do it than suing napster and audiogalaxy.
If I'm not mistaken, not only can you record songs off the radio but you can also tape VHS copies of new movies rather easily. Seems like the motion picture industry has done rather well despite that fact. I don't see any reason why the record companies can't as well.
As for me, most of the music I download is either out of print, extremely hard to find, or I'm checking it out to see if I like it.
If I like it, I will buy it on CD. Mainly because most of the bands I listen to aren't supported by huge record labels. Nor are the record shops I buy them from.