Real easy solution, dont buy music. Plenty of things in life to do than be an audiophile IMO. If i want to listen to music I turn on the radio, or go out and listen to some live entertainment. Why go through heck to buy some cd that probably only has 1-2 decent songs out of 15 on it in the first place. Maybe its just me, someone who has never cared to watch American 'Idle' and could barely name 20 musicians out of the 1000s that have been around. Music is a great thing, but not worth having to go buy licenses to enrich these mostly liberal people. Let them keep their CDs.
Internet Live Music Archive --"Welcome to the Live Music Archive. etree.org is a community committed to providing the highest quality live concerts in a lossless, downloadable format. The Internet Archive has teamed up with etree.org to preserve and archive as many live concerts as possible for current and future generations to enjoy. All music in this Collection is from trade-friendly artists and is strictly noncommercial, both for access here and for any further distribution. Artists' commercial releases are off-limits. This collection is maintained by the etree.org community."
--The Live Music Archive contains literally thousands of live shows, many in .mp3 format. Best known band there is the Grateful Dead, but there are many interesting shows. The archive also links a copyright permission for every show, meaning that you can freely download and distribute everything there. Not top 40 but excellent music.