out of interest why are you using soulseek if you don't download music for free?
i totally agree with you mate, i think it sucks that people can't see that if you're downloading/uploading tracks from an artist who is (like most in the underground techno scene, infact every scene that used to rely on vinyl sales) struggling to sell enough records to keep the labels and themselves afloat then you're f.ucking everything up for everyone else.
i don't know if i agree with the title of this post, i think probably music is meant to be free, but the fact is that if you're making music as your full time occupation then you totally deserve to make ends. so to pay the small price of a vinyle or (even better) a couple of freaking quid for a download is not too much to ask!