I personally do not think an artist giving his/her talents away for free is a good thing, I mean who would be the first to go into work and tell the boss 'hey, I am here for free! and I'll do a 10 hour day, including the w/ends'............
I never download any music free or not, I always buy the cd, as i believe all hi-fi nuts should do on this high end site.
I suppose it is good news for those that want freebees, but how would artists put food on their families' tables?