Here's why you should support Indie Music:

- Avoid just leasing your music due to DRM which controls when and where you can listen to music you have purchased.

- Artists get more of the profits.

- No one is censuring what you should like or not like.

To see how the big music companies treat consumers, read this blog:
RecordingIndustryvsPeople.blogspot.com

For a great discussion of Digital Music in general, check out DigitalMusicEye.com