Attached is a picture of the last 3 CDs I bought. 2 of them have the gold stamp on them and one has a hole punched through the barcode. I don't consider this stealing. I consider it proof that the price of CDs is too high.

I am a person willing to pay for music, but I buy too much of it to consider paying $16.99 a disc. The $3-$8 I pay for promo copies on Half.com is a great price. I know the artist doesn't get paid on these discs, and I'm pretty sure the record company doesn't either. I am willing to support the artists, but not when they make 3% of the profits on a $17 CD.