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Originally Posted by jr.
I use downloading as a tool to decide whether or not I am willing to invest my money in a cd or not. In my youth, I spent all my money on music. Now, I own a home and have children, and whatnot, so it isn't always feasible for me to spent a lot of money on music. Priorities, you know.
If I hear a few songs I enjoy by a certain artist, I will download some of their stuff. Listen for a while, see if it whets my musical palate. If so, I will sink some money into a cd. I, too, use Amazon to buy cds.
They say it's stealing, and I suppose, technically, it is. Charging 18 bucks for a cd with maybe 3-4 good cuts (if that), in my opinion, is theft. I'm paying 100% of my money for the cd, I should get 100% effort from the artist in return.
I'm not so sure it's a legality issue with music lovers. It's more a form of protest. We're sick of price gouging, and we're doing what we have to to get our music. It's not the artist's fault. It's the music industry. However, I haven't heard of any musicians losing their homes and whatnot because of the money they lose from internet downloading.
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word to that!
my policy is that first when i hear of a new band i download a couple of tracks and if i really like them i always download the entire album. if i really like the album i always buy it, eventualy, but i can't buy it right away, usually i buy cd's 4-5 times a year from amazon (.co.uk or .com ) 3-4 cd's in one shipment, so in the meanwhile i listen to the burned cd's....sometimes, however, i listen to an entire album through streaming and them order it right away because i don't feel like downloading it, and sometimes i'll just hear one song and since i'm already ordering other cd's i'll order that album without hearing it, most of the time my gut feeling is correct and it turn's out to be a great album ( for example i heard daft punk is playing in my house from lcd soundsystem and then just ordered it...twas great )....i never consider downloading stealing because all the bands i'm listening to have way too much money already, and i buy their album anyway....most people i know in croatia however just download and never buy......but for me....i like my cd cases way too much not to buy an original album.....
i spend way too much money on cd's.....way too much...but i can't help it...and cd's in croatia are way too expencive....well cd's in general...they should cost 5-6$ top, then much more people would buy them
and don't get me started on ps2 or pc games, only once in my life have i bought an original game, and that was way back when i was 14 and didn't really know pirats exist.....hmmmm....should i pay 60$ for a game or 2$..hmmm...........that's a thinker........robbery?....they're robbing me.....!!!again, if the games cost 6-7$ they would ultimatly earn more money, 95% of software in croatia is illegal..i wonder why.....