By the way, didn't the MPAA or RIAA introduce a tax on CD-RW's to mitigate them being used for pirating movies or something?
Yes, but only on any cd-r/rw that's labeled for audio use. Any cd-r/rw not labeled for audio use (but can still be used for audio nontheless) does not have the tax. It's a stupid and illegal tax. How was a business allowed to levy a tax?
I stopped pirating a while ago. There's a lot of free games and media i'm just loving the hell out of. When i get highspeed internet i'm sure going to get netflix (maybe combine it with a little program called recordmydesktop). Yes, you can rip silverlight video

But, i think i'll go see inception first since that one actually looks decent. It could be worse for the stupid **** in theaters that make people want to pirate stuff like monsters vs. aliens (of which the only saving grace was steven colbert). Someone rented that movie, and i've been racking my brain over how an alien is drinking an earth beverage before it visits earth for the first time (that movie is also very loosely put together).
This makes you beg the question, is some of these movies not even worth pirating since a good deal of them aren't worth watching. I drop the big yes bomb.