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So much for staying on topic. Differing opinions aside, I think my original question has more or less been answered, so thanks everyone.

Stationripper is legal. I'll leave it at that, for those of you who refuse to do 1 minute's worth of reading. That's one option. The other option, peer-to-peer, is definitely illegal and I'm surprised all peer-to-peer has not been totally shut down by now. I'm not arguing with you about that...

Please Google stationripper before you comment on it and briefly read about the (lack of) surrounding legal concerns. It has proven to be a legal way to download songs from internet radio stations. If it was stealing, those agencies would be all over it just like the peer-to-peer networks. Do...

Internet crime? Is that a constructive comment? Really? Why don't you Google stationripper so you can fully understand why it is not a crime to record songs as mp3s from internet radio stations. It's the same exact concept as recording a movie that was playing on your TV. Remember how we used...

dberg35, my concern isn't "is this private?" or "can anyone see what I am doing?" since I am not sending or receiving any personal information, rather, my concern is "is this ultimately traceable back to me?". In other words, I don't care if someone knows that I have downloaded a song, just so...

Thanks again jimbopalmer. I *think* I get the picture now. I doubt many hotels monitor (maybe only the larger ones?), but you never know. So, for people who want to download/upload ANYTHING for various reasons, it seems the only way to avoid detection completely would be to buy a cheap laptop...

Thanks for the quick reply. Could you please clarify on your second sentence? How is it monitored, and how am I uniquely identified? Apologies if this is not posted in the proper forum... but I am not likely to get an intelligent (or correct) response in a proper forum.

As far as I understand, a laptop is assigned a different IP address for each different location it connects to (each different wireless network would assign a different IP address to the SAME laptop). A computer DOES NOT have a unique IP address unless it always connects to the same network...