No Taxation on my music!

Dear Assemblyman Tom Alfano,

I wanted to join you in standing up and saying NO to Governor Paterson's music download tax.   The music industry is already suffering.  In the late 90s it was so easy for an artist to go 4x Platimun, but now its hard to go Platinum one time.  This is occuring because artist are not selling albums.  Artist are not selling albums, because most of my peers would rather dowland music from illegal websites.  The people of my generation do not buy music.  

I have recently opened an account with iTunes have started to download legally.  It feels good not to feel guilty for stealing music.  I feel like a doing something better for the music industry and the economy.  Now I am going to be punished with a tax for doing something right. 

I think we need to encourage legal downloading of music.  It will help the ailing music industry and probably benefit our economy.

Thank you for your time,

Jacques