Acceptable Use: I bought the Album/CD/Tape and my friend is welcomed to use use it for free, listen to it and make a copy, while I maintain ownership of the original.
Paying a levy on blank recording media is a grift by the IMC (Industrial Music Complex).
Whenever possible: Buy direct from the artist - share their work, encourage others to compensate the artist if not through a purchase of the same content then through a tip/donation to their Nostr account.
Copying is not theft. Listening without compensating the creator is your prerogative. Really digging the shit and never paying a cent for it - you will surely go to hell - but that's on you π π