Somewhere around 20% is completely free, drm-free, liberally licensed music from up and coming bands trying to get their music out there, or from bands like NIN who are antiestablishment and trying to create new business models for the music industry. I also have a lot of CD rips of my collection. No comment on where the rest comes from.

Put simply, yes. Unless I’m reading, or watching the rare movie/show that interests me, then I’m basically listening to music the rest of the time.

Interesting to see the results of this poll. Next it should be “How much of it is legal?”

lol. i would have to answer like 10%.

I have over 300,000 songs (not counting CDs, cassette tapes, records, etc. and many are different copies of the same albums) but at any given time I only have around 5,000 connected to my computer (6,349 at this very moment – all from 2008). Of course I’m not the usual pirate.

Wow, you need some serious storage space for that many songs.

I go that route when I’m looking for some fresh new music as well. The online radio services are pretty nice because of that.

Since downloading music is always legal here (NL), the whole collection is 100% legal.

You forgot one thing: for every storage medium that you buy in The Netherlands a “pirating tax” has to be paid. I for one think that that stinks. First of all: since independent artists are not registered with the BUMA/STEMRA (the Dutch RIAA), they don’t get paid at all. Secondly, if you don’t like the crap that gets played on the radio, you’re forced to pay for it nonetheless! It’s ridiculous. I’m glad that I’m not living in The Netherlands and I never will. (Well, unless Geert Wilders merges Flanders and The Netherlands of course. )

I listen to the radio sometimes, but find it pretty bland and unoriginal. I prefer listening to Last.FM (and Pandora when I still could) to discover new artists. I buy a lot of music because of that, especially because you hardly hear it on the radio or anywhere else.