Before you buy any CDs, run them through here. It'll tell you if the album was released under the RIAA umbrella. If it is, steal it. If it isn't, buy it. I tested it out a few times and it works beautifully. They have most of the most obscure things I could think of in there.

http://www.riaaradar.com/

These assholes need to rot in their own incompetence. Support the new music revolution.