content: Never purchase through sites that sideload DRM like itunes.  If you do want to support the artists, there are usually ways to buy their music without DRMing it. But I agree.  The people who "try before you buy" through torrenting are going to stop doing that if they get punished for buying afterwards.  The people who buy, get locked out, then pirate, will also never buy again.  Online distributors need to seriously reevaluate.