I agree with you and this is what i do. I'm pretty much always short of money, so i have to know i'm not buying shit. If i download an album and it's great, i buy the album for respect. If it's shit, they deserve to be ripped.
The only films I've seen of his are 'The Fly'(classic!) and 'Naked Lunch'.
'Existenz' is the name of the four track demo and the name of one of the tracks on the demo that Biomechanical sent round to record labels to get a record deal for 'The Empires of the Worlds' their next album.