I d/l music because I want to hear it, before I buy it now, I remember they had alot of CD's in stores that you could listen to, but lately I haven't seen those little stations where you scan the CD case and listen to the CD.
There is far to much crap music out there for sale it saddens me, I also d/l music because I like to get certain DJ mixes and make my own "Techno" CD.
I only downloaded two programs well one program and a studio, Photoshop, and Macromedia MX. I will end up buying the Adobe Studio and Macromedia Studio very shorty since I can get both Studios for a grand total of $250 from student discounts.
As far as movies, I don't really download them, I don't mind wasting that $8-9 bucks for some reason, I like watching movies, even though I have hated spending some money, I like watching how movies are sliced together by the editors, and figuring out what the plot line was taken from :-/