RJ, that makes a lot of sense, and I've had that happen to me as well. I've purchased albums that I just wasn't feeling at first (Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner), but because I felt a need to get my money's worth, I'd listen again and again and the album would grow on me.

But to me, mp3s aren't completely disposable, there have been times where I just forced myself to listen to a song I just wasn't feeling the first few times. But for the most part, I agree with you, there's just no emotional connect with a file, as opposed to a disc lying right in front of you.

I don't really want to take sides on the bootlegging issue, but for the most part, I think mp3s and the internet file-sharing movement has evolved into something that really helps the music industry as a whole.