It affects me a lot
I've got a lot of ripped tracks that 'technically' I don't own anymore
But only because some thieving git stole the origionals
With no Cd, no receipts anymore - legally I'm in a no win situation - the only thing I have to fall back on is a police report of stolen goods, but they're never taken at face value - if they were you could illegallly download all the stuff you liked and then report it as stolen
The laws are tougher than you might think - just they're not enforced usually
For example, if you drive your car down the high street playing music loud enough that people can hear it (assume 20 or so people can hear it) then your breaking copyright laws as you do not have the right to play music in a public venue - that's why pubs/clubs have to be licenced to play music
Thinking of it like this may explain it
If you do anything to deprive them of profit your breaking the law
You buy the cd for $5 - ok
You copy it onto your pc -ok
You sell the cd for $3 and keep the copy - bad
You have cost them money - instead of them earning the cash, you have it
They should have sold 2 cd's but instead only sold one - with a bit going into your pocket not theirs