yea i was pretty closed away from the world when i lived in louisiana..i didn't really listen to Any music til about 7th grade when a friend showed me something called 'DcTalk'..i liked it..still kinda do and that's why i bought both their cd's...so it's started on from theregumercules said:i've bought WAY more music than i ever would ahve if music downloading weren't around. in fact every single one of my CD purchases has come after napster. I hardly listened to music at all before 10th grade or thereabouts
i bet it does actually...cuz without finding it on the net or something i'd probly never hear of it ever..so getting previews of it help me find out what's out thereReiMeishin said:Music, movies, video games, I download pretty much everthing. But if I find something I really like I'll buy it legitimately. See, letting people download stuff can help your sales.
haha..i just had a thoughtswizeguy said:wait how is barrowing a friends cd (that he lent out to you by the way) stealing?
i completely agree. i spend a few hundred dollars a month on vinyl usually. although most of my cd's are burnt, from fellow dj's or artist that don't mind sharing. i do buy cd's occasionally, usually punk or raggae but occasionally i will buy mix cd's as well. i know i support the music i like, so i don't feel as obligated to buy so many cd's. i also share quite a bit, about 20% of my bandwidth at any given time is dedicated to torrents, soulseek, and/or irc transfers.RedOctober said:I bought many LP's, and have payed royalties already!
So I should get the CD version for a lower prize!
Fair or not!
swizeguy said:wait how is barrowing a friends cd (that he lent out to you by the way) stealing?
Then u have to make the argument that listenting to the radio is stealing also. I have burned CDs, I have downloaded music, but not really anymore. The program I had been using turned into complete adware. So I quite using it. Anyway, I don't see a problem with it.tzedek said:you didnt pay for the music, but yet you are listening to it. If you download music thats the same thing, you didnt pay for it but you are listening to it.
tzedek said:I think that music sharing should be legal and here is why: If someone gives you a cd to borrow and you take that cd and listen to it is that illegal? You didnt pay any money for the music yet you are listening to the music. your friend bought the cd. Thats just like music sharing over the internet. Of course on a smaller scale but still. Every single song found on the interent orginated as a legit purchase of a cd. If that is to be illegal than it also needs to be illegal to let someone borrow a cd of yours.
magnolia said:Then u have to make the argument that listenting to the radio is stealing also.
junglizm said:letting a friend borrow property you own is a lot different from downloading property you don't own.
magnolia said:Then u have to make the argument that listenting to the radio is stealing also. I have burned CDs, I have downloaded music, but not really anymore. The program I had been using turned into complete adware. So I quite using it. Anyway, I don't see a problem with it.