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         |  spoonz
             from Edmonton, AB (Canada) on 2002-05-28 04:07 [#00238213] Points: 3219 Status: Regular
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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
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         |  wayout
             from the street of crocodiles on 2002-05-28 04:09 [#00238216] Points: 2849 Status: Lurker
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 | uh oh...the riaa gestapo is already on their way... 
 
 
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         |  earthleakage
             from tell the world you're winning on 2002-05-28 04:34 [#00238229] Points: 27859 Status: Regular
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 | bloody thief 
 
 
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         |  afxNUMB
             from So.Flo on 2002-05-28 05:28 [#00238289] Points: 7099 Status: Regular
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 | youre so proud......promote and buy the damn albums....its so much better that way.
 
 
 
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         |  The_Funkmaster
             from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-05-28 06:31 [#00238361] Points: 16280 Status: Lurker
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 | yeah, buy some albums at least... come on, we need to support these artists we love...
 
 
 
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         |  AlbertoBalsalm
             from ReykjavÃk (Iceland) on 2002-05-28 07:45 [#00238417] Points: 9459 Status: Lurker
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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.
 
 
 
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         |  BlatantEcho
             from All over (United States) on 2002-05-28 16:30 [#00239219] Points: 7210 Status: Lurker
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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.
 
 
 
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         |  Ceri JC
             from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-05-28 16:47 [#00239243] Points: 23533 Status: Moderator | Followup to BlatantEcho: #00239219 | Show recordbag
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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.
 
 
 
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         |  Spookyluke
             from United States on 2002-05-28 17:13 [#00239275] Points: 1955 Status: Lurker | Followup to Ceri JC: #00239243
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 | 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. :)
 
 
 
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         |  supreme
             from Antwerp (Belgium) on 2002-05-28 17:25 [#00239288] Points: 5444 Status: Regular
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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.
 
 
 
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         |  Deathsmith
             from Brussels (Belgium) on 2002-05-28 17:31 [#00239293] Points: 1027 Status: Regular
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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.
 
 
 
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         |  Deathsmith
             from Brussels (Belgium) on 2002-05-28 17:31 [#00239294] Points: 1027 Status: Regular
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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.
 
 
 
 
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         |  map
             from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2002-05-28 17:51 [#00239309] Points: 3408 Status: Lurker
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 | just buy vinyl stuff and download it from net.... and you will be happy forever... vinyl rules
 
 
 
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         |  RobE
             from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-28 18:11 [#00239325] Points: 1608 Status: Regular | Followup to spoonz: #00238213
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 | ..Way 2 go! }:> 
 
 
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         |  BlatantEcho
             from All over (United States) on 2002-05-28 18:34 [#00239363] Points: 7210 Status: Lurker
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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.
 
 
 
 
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         |  Deathsmith
             from Brussels (Belgium) on 2002-05-28 19:42 [#00239421] Points: 1027 Status: Regular
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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!!!!!
 
 
 
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         |  nanotech
             from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-05-28 19:46 [#00239425] Points: 3761 Status: Addict | Followup to supreme: #00239288
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 | what a beautiful pic u have! 
 
 
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         |  BlatantEcho
             from All over (United States) on 2002-05-28 19:52 [#00239436] Points: 7210 Status: Lurker
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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
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         |  REFLEX
             from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2002-05-28 22:55 [#00239619] Points: 8864 Status: Regular
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 | I download more than I buy but I buy some too.. not that I care about supporting these artists.
 
 
 
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         |  zetre
             from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-05-28 23:45 [#00239673] Points: 239 Status: Lurker
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 | The "artists" should get a proper job (preferably in the mines) and stop whining like little babies.
 
 
 
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         |  Ophecks
             from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-05-28 23:50 [#00239677] Points: 19190 Status: Moderator | Show recordbag
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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.
 
 
 
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         |  ExHore
             from Stamford, Ct. (United States) on 2002-05-29 00:20 [#00239701] Points: 2157 Status: Regular
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 | dont buy cds, buy vinyls 
 
 
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