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 Post subject: Ethical question about Room Noises....Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:32 pm 
First off: on a scale of no good to so good, this album is SOOO GOOD! But now to the dilemma. I know someone who would absolutely love Room Noises and has never heard of Eisley before, and I'd really like to give them a copy... but I (literally) had to scrape my change together to buy my own copy. And I don't really want to burn her a copy, but..... argh. 
What should I do?? |
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Joined: 23 Aug 2004 | Posts: 2041 | Location: Seattle
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:38 pm
Well...is letting this friend borrow it for a while out of the question? 'Cause there's nothing wrong with that, assuming friend doesn't rip the album and keep the songs. Likewise, there's nothing inherently wrong with burning a copy of an album you own. The problem would be the friend keeping the burned copy or, again, ripping those songs onto the computer. |
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Joined: 07 Feb 2005 | Posts: 19 | Location: The University of Illinois
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:40 pm
make a sampler of a few songs? or you could use the ecard. xoxo conor _________________ A POEM ABOUT LOVE AND HATE IN THE INFORMATION AGE by jonathon newby 10010111000101101001 10010010101010101001101010 1010010110LOVE101001001 100101011010010010101001 11010010100101010101010 0101100101HATE0101001010 01001010010101001010. |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:46 pm
make a sampler of eisley's stuff. have it range from everything. from the new album to their indie stuff, and put some videos on it, and whatnot. then let him have that. _________________ 
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Joined: 09 Oct 2003 | Posts: 2328 | Location: Lala land
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:03 pm
i never pay for music, and i don't download either, i just wait for my friends to load their cd's onto my computer : ) _________________ 
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Joined: 01 Feb 2005 | Posts: 61 | Location: Houston/Missouri City
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:11 pm
Lost At Sea wrote: i never pay for music, and i don't download either, i just wait for my friends to load their cd's onto my computer : ) you my friend...{retracts statment} that isnt very ethical in my lowly not mattering opinion _________________
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Joined: 09 Oct 2003 | Posts: 2328 | Location: Lala land
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:16 pm
load the songs onto your computer...lend him your copy for a few days and just listen to it on the computer while he has it _________________ simple, simple it used to be riding bikes through the city Xanga 
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Joined: 25 Dec 2003 | Posts: 82 | Location: Dallas, tx
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:18 pm
Pirates make me angry |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:24 pm
The Spark wrote: Pirates make me angry *hides* *not really* Yeah well, rich people make me angry. bah |
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Joined: 16 May 2004 | Posts: 20 | Location: palestine, tx
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:28 pm
Pirates?! Ahoy matey! Tis the salt of the sea, says I. Arrr! Me parrot on me shoulder says pirates will send the scurvy music industry to Davy Jones locker. Personally I be preferrin' iTunes matey. No sense in wastin' yer booty payin' fer 3 singles an' a mess of filler tracks. Tis true says I. |
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Joined: 19 May 2004 | Posts: 73 | Location: Seattle, WA
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:33 pm
The Spark wrote: Pirates make me angry what did I ever do to you!! jk man yeah pirating is really stupid. I dont allow anyone to borrow my CDs for that reason. I make samplers. because they know I am weird about it and will tell me they wont copy it, but when I visit every CD I own is on the harddrive, and surprise: only 3 non burned CDs in their collections. _________________
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Joined: 09 Oct 2003 | Posts: 2328 | Location: Lala land
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:39 pm
Lost At Sea wrote: i never pay for music, and i don't download either, i just wait for my friends to load their cd's onto my computer : ) i rarely pay for music either...but i haven't pirated a CD in a while...usually bands give me their CDs, or a friend gives me one, or the radio station has me review a cd...i think Pilotdrift's CD was the last album i bought, it was like 10 bucks, and before that was...blind melon? dang...no way...that was in like may...i really don't buy CDs anymore...but i have like 8 or 9 new ones on my desk _________________ welcome to the no pants club boone |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 5:09 pm
iTunes only gives the artists about 3 or 4 cents per song. It's not much better money-wise than buying a real album, plus you don't get the album artwork (which isn't as good as vinyl artwork... it's too small), and the quality of the track isn't as good because it's in a compressed format which gets rid of the higher and lower frequencies to make the file smaller, but most people probably wouldn't notice the difference anyway. I love the program iTunes but I didn't find a reason to use the music store untill I found out that 'Vintage People' was available on it. Also, you can't buy all the tracks from albums. For example, I was looking at all the Jimi Hendrix albums iTunes had, and I noticed you couldn't buy two of the songs of Electric Ladyland. I'm glad I have the cd. Anyways... I think that the percentages artists receive of the music they sell should be much larger. I guess the whole business aspect just bugs me. Too many people getting paid for art the musicians created. Cheers. _________________ HST - RIP "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix "You may say I'm a Dreamer, but I'm not the only one." -John Lennon |
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Joined: 25 Dec 2004 | Posts: 57 | Location: Grapevine TX
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:53 pm
I buy CDs when I'm able -- but when I just can't afford it, I download. But I (usually) don't download an album in its entirety unless the band/artist is rich or dead The way I see it, no one benefits by my not downloading. Either the artist gets their music heard or they don't; and if I do hear it, there's an obviously greater chance of me buying an album of theirs later on. Also, one problem with calling it "stealing" is that in the traditional sense of the word, the person being stolen from has something taken away from them. Not the case with music, because it can be infinitely reproduced for free and without loss of quality thanks to the internet. |
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Joined: 23 Aug 2004 | Posts: 2041 | Location: Seattle
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 9:30 pm
Your friend hasn't heard Eisley before? Then go the the music section of this website or on EMerge and burn those mp3s, being free to anybody that signs up, for your friend. If your friend cannot make up his or her mind from that selection then I'd say you've done your job and it's in their hands after that. As for being a pirate... I download albums, but then I buy them if I listen to it more than once. Proof? I own over 800+ albums and I delete 99% of the music on my computer that I didn't pay for or wasn't free, the exception being a handful of obscure singles by bands that I know I wouldn't enjoy the whole album. If you like something, buy it. CDs sound better than mp3s and even though artists don't get much money for cds, shouldn't they get something? (p.s. this is a rhetorical question, I don't really care about your opinion on the matter  )
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