Yeah.But if I download something I really like, I save up for a while and buy the album, cos I love having the case, the cd, and all the album art. ^.^
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Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal,
Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:01,
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that sort of thing is fair enoughbut downloading something when you have no intention of buying it is something else.
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mutster101 fell over,
Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:03,
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Ah...So half the stuff I downloaded? Ah well. I buy enough merch and concert tickets. It's not like the musicians are at all starving.
( Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal,
Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:04,
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if you decide you don't like it enough to buy it, you should probably delete it mutster101 fell over,
Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:06,
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No!Cos what if you like alright, but you just don't want to spend money on it? FUCK YOU I'M RIGHT! NANERNANERNANER
( Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal,
Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:08,
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If you're not prepared to spend money on something,you can't own it. That's how it is for just about every consumer product, why should music be any different?
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my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to,
Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:09,
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What about if your friend has a cdand you borrow it and put it on your mp3 player?
Is that stealing? That and the cds my parents have is where almost all of my music is from.
(Is that stealing? That and the cds my parents have is where almost all of my music is from.
ClanSoul,
Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:13,
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I'm not exactly sure of the legal technicalities.But it's safe to say that sharing a CD in a household is a completely different thing to downloading an album from the internet.
And yes, I'd say your example is technically stealing.
(And yes, I'd say your example is technically stealing.
my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to,
Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:16,
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well yesbasically
but who cares.
artists get sod all from their music these days even when it is bought, hence why the decline of the superstar.
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:18,
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but who cares.
artists get sod all from their music these days even when it is bought, hence why the decline of the superstar.
Again, that's not an argument that can justify you stealing from them. my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to,
Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:06,
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I do that sometimes, but in fairnessmost of my music is my parents' anyway.
( ClanSoul,
Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:04,
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My mum and Idon't share music at all. Except some slightly hippy-geek stuff. Like Jonathan Coulton. And mofaha and I like a lot of the same stuff.
( Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal,
Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:06,
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I think it's possible to justify download one or two songs from an album in that way.As a sample. But if you're routinely downloading dozens/hundreds of songs, it's outright theft.
( my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to,
Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:04,
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