Many music artists are angered at the illegal download sites that exist all over the Internet and allow music fans to access copies of their albums without having to pay a penny. Madonna once uploaded fake versions of her albums to music sharing sites with a personally recorded message to people that stealing music is wrong.

Kid Rock on the hand takes the opposite stance to illegal music downloads.

In a bizarre twist, Kid Rock is boycotting sites like iTunes because he feels they should pay him more to offer his music for download. In retaliation, he has urged his fans to steal his music by downloading illegal copies whenever they want. Kid Rock says that because he’s rich, he can afford to let his fans have his music for free.

He’s also urged fans to steal other things too, not just MP3 music tracks from download sites. He’s urged fans to steal electrical items such as MP3 players, and even to steal cars.

Kid Rock says:

The whole debate on downloading music has gone too far. There are record companies suing kids. You can illegally download my music, steal it if you will. Because I’m rich.

How can I bitch about you downloading a song or two. I can’t.

What I would encourage you to do? Let’s level the playing field. Steal everything. If you want a new MP3 player or a computer… Do you know how much money Apple and Microsoft have?

Go in there, get a new laptop and run. You need a new car? Go steal a Toyota.

We of course urge fans of Kid Rock not to steal anything and ignore his advice.