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On torrentfreak.com, they've posted an article, quoted here with link :

http://torrentfreak.com/piracy-boosts-cd-sales-071103/
University of London researchers, Birgitte Andersen and Marion Frenz surveyed a large group of Canadians to find out what the effect of piracy is on music sales. The results are surprising, at least, for the music industry.

The researchers conclude that that people who download more music actually buy more CDs. They report: “We estimate that the effect of one additional P2P download per month is to increase music purchasing by 0.44 CDs per year.”

This basically means that if someone downloads 270 songs a year via BitTorrent, he or she will buy 9 CDs more than someone who only downloads 27 songs. So, in a way illegal downloads actually convert into more CD sales.

Well, If that doesnt encourage you to download without guilt I dont know what will.

You cant Kill a machine like torrents, So why does the RIAA and MPAA try so hard to?