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offline spoonz from Edmonton, AB (Canada) on 2002-05-28 04:07 [#00238213]
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Just thought you might like to know. I've got more then 10
albums downloaded/ing tonight, and about 300 songs in the
last 3 days..hehe


 

offline wayout from the street of crocodiles on 2002-05-28 04:09 [#00238216]
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uh oh...the riaa gestapo is already on their way...


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2002-05-28 04:34 [#00238229]
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bloody thief


 

offline afxNUMB from So.Flo on 2002-05-28 05:28 [#00238289]
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youre so proud......promote and buy the damn albums....its
so much better that way.


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-05-28 06:31 [#00238361]
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yeah, buy some albums at least... come on, we need to
support these artists we love...


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2002-05-28 07:45 [#00238417]
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maybe he's poor. and maybe he wouldn't buy the albums
anyway. i don't buy albums necessarly to support the artist,
i just feel more like I own the music that way + it sounds
better than mp3's IMO. and i do it for collectability too.


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2002-05-28 16:30 [#00239219]
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If he was poor, he would most likely be on a 56k connex.
Since no one on 56k would bother to que up all that d/l with
the risk that it would disconnet, we can deduce he is most
likely on broadband.

Knowing broadband ain't cheap, we can therefor surmise he
isn't really poor, and lord knows he has a computer also.

And for what it's worth, not all poor people steal just
becuase they can't buy things they desire.

On that level, I'll call thief. Why d/l a whole album? D/l
a few songs from it, if you enjoy it, go out and buy it.

Ain't poor, just a crook.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-05-28 16:47 [#00239243]
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But what if he can honestly say he wouldn't buy it, even if
it wasn't available to download?

What is bad about theft is depriving someone of something
that is theirs. If he wasn't going to buy it, he hasn't
deprived anyone of anything.

This notion that you shouldn't have something just because
you haven't paid for it lacks insight.

I copy most PC games, because I enjoy them, but not enough
to warrant buying them. However, I knew I would play GTA 3
enough that I couldn't honestly say I wouldn't have bought
it if it wasn't available for download. I see this as
perfectly moral behaviour.


 

offline Spookyluke from United States on 2002-05-28 17:13 [#00239275]
Points: 1955 Status: Lurker | Followup to Ceri JC: #00239243



Well spoken, Ceri!
I agree with you on that completely.
I download and buy a lot of records. The last thing I
need is more music, but I go through CD-R's like
nobody's business. :)


 

offline supreme from Antwerp (Belgium) on 2002-05-28 17:25 [#00239288]
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I started buying albums again 2 months ago.(thanks for your
influence!!!)
I forgot how good it feels to buy a new album,or an album I
wanted,but never bought,cos I had the mp3's.
wel,now I know there is a difference between a real album or
a copy.
The real album seems to sound better.


 

offline Deathsmith from Brussels (Belgium) on 2002-05-28 17:31 [#00239293]
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Also I find that downloading entire albums can be somewhat
inconvenient, at least when you are using Audiogalaxy,
because one must make sure all the tracks are the write
time, and one must find the right version, and it's pretty
unconventional shit. . . I've only downloaded about 10
entire cd's total. . .

And also you can't download dj mixes, now can you? At least
I don't think you could; it would be one hell of a hassle to
find the right mixed version of the song from the dj mix, so
I buy or burn (from a library's copy) all my dj mixes.


 

offline Deathsmith from Brussels (Belgium) on 2002-05-28 17:31 [#00239294]
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I don't have any friends that listen to electronica so I
have to depend on my public library's cd collection, which
does not hold as many electronica titles as I'd like it too.



 

offline map from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2002-05-28 17:51 [#00239309]
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just buy vinyl stuff and download it from net.... and you
will be happy forever... vinyl rules


 

offline RobE from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-28 18:11 [#00239325]
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..Way 2 go! }:>


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2002-05-28 18:34 [#00239363]
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Ceri, I totally agree with you, especially with PC games.

The difference is, you need to download the entire file of a
PC game to play it, even if you would never buy it.

With an album, maybe you only download one song, fine, you
don't really like that album. But if you download the
entire album, you are saying you plan to listen to the whole
thing. You can preview discs at music stores, listen to
samplers, but when you d/l the entire album, maybe burn it
to a CD, even if you only listen to one song, you have taken
a valuable album sale away for the artist.

Most people wouldn't d/l an entire album for only one catchy
song, usually the entire album is d/l to avoid paying the
(admittedly high) CD cost.



 

offline Deathsmith from Brussels (Belgium) on 2002-05-28 19:42 [#00239421]
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Oh yeah? Well, all I have to say is that the recording
industry, cd publishing companies, and the artists are all
depriving us OF HAVING VERITABLY, POTENTIALLY LARGE ALBUM
COLLECTIONS BY RIPPING OUR FUCKING ASSES OFF BY CHARGING WAY
TO MUCH FOR CDS!!!!!


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-05-28 19:46 [#00239425]
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what a beautiful pic u have!


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2002-05-28 19:52 [#00239436]
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yeah, i oft wonder what CD sales would be like if discs were
$10-12 instead of $15-17, I'd buy more, that's for sure, and
yes, I understand the profit potential of a $15 disc
compared to a $10......


 

offline REFLEX from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2002-05-28 22:55 [#00239619]
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I download more than I buy but I buy some too.. not that I
care about supporting these artists.


 

offline zetre from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-05-28 23:45 [#00239673]
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The "artists" should get a proper job (preferably in the
mines) and stop whining like little babies.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-05-28 23:50 [#00239677]
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Hey Spoonz, I've downloaded a shitload of stuff from you the
past two days. You've got a decent connection, so I had to.
:-) I'm on an MP3 downloading binge, too. Cleared out some
harddrive space, and I'm getting more memory soon... my MP3
collection is growing at evil money sucking speeds.


 

offline ExHore from Stamford, Ct. (United States) on 2002-05-29 00:20 [#00239701]
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dont buy cds, buy vinyls


 


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