Information wants to be free. Brainwaves can not be copyrighted. The pursuit of knowledge is a basic human right. Your time has value. Art is a transmission medium. Cooperation breeds progress. You can't steal things you can't touch. Property belongs to the community. Sharing is charitable.

Sources:

Images - Images can be downloaded directly to your computer and re-purposed for your projects or just archived for your later enjoyment. Things disappear from the web often so archive the stuff you like.

Music - There are a lot of MP3's to be had on newsgroups. Use Pan (linux), Agent (win) or Grabit and make your way to the binary newsgroups.

Movies - The Pirate Bay or Mininova. Need I say more?

Slightly more questionable material - Need porn, warez, bomb diagrams? Get em' on IRC. Use Tor if you need to hide your tracks.

Ethics:

Pay the man at the door... go see live events.

Buy media from producers you like... if you can afford it. If you can't afford it, promote the producer in trade.

Share as much as possible. Give stuff to your friends and family. Burn CDs and DVDs and leave them in public for people to find.

Don't feed the ego monster. If the media producer is already rich, don't give them more. Rich people don't need more money.

Be a producer. Make stuff. Give it away.

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