I understand where you're coming from. But I can also tell that you are one of those people who isn't going to spend the cash necessary to make a cap of his own, even if you have cash to spend on other things. You own an iPod? I don't; I've got a Pioneer CLD-D925. You get the latest Eminem CD? I bought a copy of Faces ANH. Like Starbucks in the morning? I save up my money for hard drives. I'm not made of money. Please don't assume that people who have made the choice to buy all the stuff in order to make a cap are the idle rich with money to burn.

I made a calculated business-style decision to buy an LD player (well, three) and a bunch of discs (about 8 or 9 -- sets, I mean) to make a transfer, and then get rid of my equipment and discs to someone a little more nuts about this stuff (and/or a little richer). Sure, I'm having fun doing it. That's most of the reward right there. But I'm not altruistic enough to make my capping efforts freely available to anyone before I can recoup some of my investment. Not only that, but why should the cap I'm taking time to do right end up in the hands of someone who will bang out a release before me, while I'm still figuring out how to improve the end result?

If that makes me one who has fallen "to the dark side and be[come] greedy," well, then I guess I'm guilty.

But I ask you, isn't the greedy one the one who is asking for stuff for free from people who have paid for it?