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 Post subject: Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:50 pm 
I download music all the time. I have no problem with it. I do have a problem with record companies putting spyware and crap on their cd's so that those who do buy them are the ones who get nailed (Sony anyone?). breathless wrote: I have in a way. A friend gave me a CD of some songs. I have put some friends' CDs on my iPod, but I was told that as long as you don't sell CDs you make it's not illegal...idk is that's true. That would be false. Technically, you can't even legally make a mix cd from albums you own... _________________ Trying to find my way around a dark life, always breaking the important things... |
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:33 am
sully_51 wrote: I download music all the time. I have no problem with it. I do have a problem with record companies putting spyware and crap on their cd's so that those who do buy them are the ones who get nailed (Sony anyone?).
breathless wrote: I have in a way. A friend gave me a CD of some songs. I have put some friends' CDs on my iPod, but I was told that as long as you don't sell CDs you make it's not illegal...idk is that's true. That would be false. Technically, you can't even legally make a mix cd from albums you own... And yet the RIAA is wondering why nobody wants to do business with them. |
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:11 am
sully_51 wrote: I download music all the time. I have no problem with it. I do have a problem with record companies putting spyware and crap on their cd's so that those who do buy them are the ones who get nailed (Sony anyone?).
breathless wrote: I have in a way. A friend gave me a CD of some songs. I have put some friends' CDs on my iPod, but I was told that as long as you don't sell CDs you make it's not illegal...idk is that's true. That would be false. Technically, you can't even legally make a mix cd from albums you own... if an riaa lawyer even heard you humming a song i bet they'd expect you to pay them a royalty. i download music occasionaly but most of the music i listen to is free anyway. i get cd's from local bands which go straight into itunes then the trash or i stream somafm(groovesalad). If i buy music it's almost always from itunes, physical cd's get scattered all over my desk and always end up scratched beyond belief anyway. _________________ "Religions have started on lesser revelations" - investor on MarketWatch.com |
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 7:16 am
chasd00 wrote: If i buy music it's almost always from itunes, physical cd's get scattered all over my desk and always end up scratched beyond belief anyway. Seriously, mine always end up on the floor of my car. I'm messy though. If I wasn't so messy, and actually took care of my stuff It would be different. mp3's are so great. So so great. Life is good. |
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:10 pm
yes and i aint ashamed because its like i still go out adn put money into the music industry....its not like i dont go out and buy albums anymore. if i wanted a full album, i buy it and dont dl it, but if its just one song well _________________ But I cannot discover any advantage except in honor, in glory, and in right action. Therefore I consider these goals to be primary and supreme over all others. Cicero |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:03 am
RIAA keeps coming to Milwaukee with their lawsuits. I have not downloaded illegally, though I feel no pride in that. I think downloading all became big during a period when I wasn't even listening to music much, and I never joined in when I started listening to music more again. Recent article on some Wisconsin RIAA lawsuits: http://www.dailycardinal.com/article.php?storyid=1028370 |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:32 am
Saellys wrote: Fun fact: People who download music illegally buy more music than people who don't! Uh.. source? _________________ "The revolution starts today, not tomorrow." :: got g-Love? |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:32 pm
gRegor wrote: Saellys wrote: Fun fact: People who download music illegally buy more music than people who don't! Uh.. source? Boing Boing, baby.  _________________ INTELLECT AND ROMANCE OVER BRUTE FORCE AND CYNICISM Smokemonster |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:40 pm
I guess I have done so one or two times... After which I ended up buying the album... But I pride myself in generally having a legal music collection and in still getting as much of the good free music available online as possible... _________________ People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. Søren Kierkegaard |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:00 am
UselessHippo wrote: ryan fisher wrote: i see absolutely nothing wrong with downloading music. i do it all the time, and it's a normal thing...i'm no more "proud" or "ashamed" or doing it than i am posting on this forum. Yeah, but don't you feel you're ripping off the artists? I may sound hypocritical when I say this but usually I DL first, and then if I truly like the band/group/etc I'll buy the album. Thats mostly why I download, to checkout a band and see if I like them and their album is worth buying. _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:44 am
UselessHippo wrote: ryan fisher wrote: i see absolutely nothing wrong with downloading music. i do it all the time, and it's a normal thing...i'm no more "proud" or "ashamed" or doing it than i am posting on this forum. Yeah, but don't you feel you're ripping off the artists? I may sound hypocritical when I say this but usually I DL first, and then if I truly like the band/group/etc I'll buy the album. no, i don't feel like i'm ripping off the artist. ian mackaye once said "you can sell records and you can sell cds, but you can't sell music because music is free" and that's exactly how i feel. there's a world of difference between going into a store and shoplifting a cd and having a bunch of ones and zeros on your computer, despite what the riaa would lead you to believe. it is also because of this that, more often than not, i buy albums that i listen to repeatedly- if i enjoy the music, i like to have the physical manifestation of it as well (liner notes, artwork, packaging, etc). my personal rule is that, if i listen to an album the whole way through 3 times, i'll buy a copy. |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:58 pm
This is awkward, how do you know if you've downloaded music illegally? |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:13 pm
Bobo wrote: This is awkward, how do you know if you've downloaded music illegally? Ah, yes. The question i've always wanted to ask...Thank you... _________________ "Love is the highest achievement to which any human may aspire. It is an emotion that encompasses the full depth of heart, mind, and soul." "Those who are half-alive demand what is missing in them...but deny it when it's presented to them. They fear the proof of their own inefficiency." :014: |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:29 am
Bobo wrote: This is awkward, how do you know if you've downloaded music illegally? doesn't matter if the band said it was ok, or it's public domain, or it's your own music if you haven't paid the RIAA then it's illegal and you might as well be clubbing baby seals. :P _________________ "Religions have started on lesser revelations" - investor on MarketWatch.com |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:44 pm
Im a student of Engineering and entertaiment buisness. My career says I shouldint but the fact Im a student who cant work and is living off loans says go ahead. Usually the student half of my brain wins in this battle. Ive purchased alot of albums but not in the past few years. |
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