Metalmilitia2000
UM's Resident Asshole
The majority don't sadly though. The record sales and industry data definitely proves this. Nothing wrong with sampling at all, but be careful when supporting torrents and the like as many of the leechers have no intention of supporting the band as you plan to do (just be sure to keep this in mind). Most bands have started putting several songs to the entire album on the website or myspace to help promote sampling as well.
If one were to test drive a car and then take it home w/o paying.. what happens? At a recent show we promoted for smaller band there were ~300 attendees which were surveyed on entrance as to owning the headliners current album. 261 had heard the album and possessed a digital copy of it. Only 23 had bought a physical copy. The problem is that this album was not available through the digital retailers yet. This really hurts the labels ability to prmote the artist and in this case was really frustrating as the latest release took alot of effort from everyone involved.
Also all the record stores outside of the US i have been to always allow for listening of the albums before you buy them. Very good practice.
Before reacting with blind anger, think about the further-reaching ramifications of the actions that are supported.
I did think, I just don't care. The majority of the blowhards here that bitch about illegal downloading only see black and white. They don't bother to think about those of us who download the album, and then buy it if it's worth keeping. They deem that all pre-release downloading, or even after release downloading, without immediately purchasing first, is wrong. That was mainly for them. The people you are talking about, they are just lazy PoS. (No, not Pain of Salvation, but they are synonymous! )