Lots of low- or no-cost alternatives to piracy!
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Recognizing the need to provide low-cost, on-demand access to quality content, many media production companies now offer legal access models to electronic content. A great (but not comprehensive) list of these is Educause's
Legal Sources of Online Content.
There you'll find many dozens of sources for great online books, movies, and music!