ok heres the way i do with mp3 downloading - i share only mp3s that i dont own, as soon as i get desired cd i remove it from share, unless its so rare that it cant even be found on p2p. i download everything im interested with and buy it as soon as i can. i dont buy overpriced [in terms of money] rarities, never will, that money is not going to artists anyway.
my aim is to buy every release that i desire [and that i can afford, and that would be no more than 20euros, maybe maximum 25 in some cases per record].
i know there are people who will not buy a cd even when they can afford it.
i know there are people like me who dont have enough money to spend on records to buy them all simultaneously, and im not talking here about new releases, im talking about oldschool releases. as for psytrance being released today - i see no problems why one couldnt buy it when he can afford it, i definitely will. but there are also people who cant buy even 1cd no matter how much do they want to because not in all countries people live in wellbeing [sp?] society.
but what i truly believe in - music should be higher quality, there should be demand for high quality music only. music should be available for everyone, so the solution could be flac downloads, the best way would be FREE music. then when there would be no crappy masses of copycats and overproduction in this scene people would learn to appreaciate music more, and i think that artists then could make a living even with free music, festivals-parties would be the way to get some financial appreciation from people who share the same perception of music with you.
edit : and yes, the idea with paypal is simple and imo a MUST!