For me, I like to preview what I'll be buying, since if I like a show/song I'll buy it. I'm not going to waste good money on something that's a piece of crap. Also, if something is not state side (Violinist of Hameln, Eden of the East, Merlin) then I wait until it is, or well, will ever be. unfortunately there is a ton of good anime out there and TV shows that do not get state release. If it ever did, I would buy it.

In example, I had downloaded the entire series of Jigoku Shoujo, and when it was released over here, I threw out my burnt DVD's for the pretty ones that were released.

Same thing with songs. I'll preview a song first and if I like it I"ll buy it, providing I can find where to buy it/if it's available to be bought.

It's very difficult for me to obtain official cds where I live and I only order something over the internet if I liked the entire soundtrack or something. I do feel slightly bad about downloading anime openings/endings, but I think it's a bigger priority to buy the actual anime dvds than music anyway.

Nope, I don't feel any remorse at all, because I always buy legal copies whenever they become available and funnel as much of my hard earned cash as possible into anime goods! It's impossible for them to squeeze blood from a stone, and it's impossible for me to be a customer for a product they aren't selling to me as a consumer in my own country.

I think what matters is that you go to the lengths you can to support the industry economically. If you're 14 & a student and you've got no job, & you live somewhere other than Japan, then you can't really be considered a customer, since you don't have any income to make purchases with and you aren't in a region where the product is being sold. It's only people who have the means both monetarily & geographically to buy anime who don't that infuriate me.

Not really, to be honest.

Although admitting it DOES make me feel guilty. xD I would gladly support an artist if their albums/soundtracks are available for purchase in a NA edition. The same goes for J-Pop artists like Utada Hikaru and BoA, both whose albums have been released in the States. I would more than happy spend a few bucks to support their fame overseas, of course. n__n

When it comes to songs that need to be bought online however (especially the ones that only accept their country's currency), you just can't help it . . you know?

I feel bad, but I have no cash to spare to get anime, I have only 2 series that I personally own. I never download song as I only know a few words in Japanese.

When I start to make money, I will support the legal copy as far as possible.However, many legal copy commodity value and price not symbol.Lifts the example explanation,when I have bought legal copy CD that doesn't hear pleasantly,I will regret very much. thought that this is the fraud.

Sometimes,yes.
But then again,the nearest Comic-Shop is 40km from here so I can't go there everyday,and some of the songs I want aren't buyable as singles and I don't have enough money to buy all the DVD's because 1 Death Note DVD including 4episodes costs 19,90Euro here so for all 36 episodes that would be 179,10euro or something...thats a bit much

I never felt like that
sometimes i it share it to everyoneXD