Tumbleweed wrote:

Indeed, legally it is, but their *actual* commercial loss is NOT
because I downloaded the recording, its because they wouldnt sell it
to me in Hong Kong. They, no doubt, press the CDs in places like Hong
Kong because its cheaper, but deny me the right to buy it in Hong
Kong because its cheaper. They must think we are fools, which we are
if we buy in rip off britain.

Maybe I'm missing the point here, but who won't sell you CD's in Hong Kong?
I regularly buy clothes, CDs, DVDs in HK as well as my more mundane day to
day shopping. No-one's ever refused to sell me anything on the grounds I'm
from the UK