Music downloading illegally?

What do you guys think about the whole Downloading music thing? I know tons and tons of people that do it.

 

i dont download illegally. i download from mp3.com

 

Do it all the time. I will note, however, that the majority of my mp3s are ones I cant buy to begin with.

How so?

J-pop and such is hard to find, and I don't have a credit card to order online with.

Live sets wouldnt fit on one cd anyway. (Live sets are extremely long, continuous, techno concerts, essentially. The shortest I've had is a half hour, second shortest is about 70 minutes, longest is around 2 and a half hours).

But anyway, yes. I do download a fair chunk of mp3s, but nowhere near as much as some people.

 

when you download with Mp3s it's illegal to. If you obtain it from a site that is not legitimate they are stolen Mp3s.

I do it all the time to, actually most of the songs I have are illlegal. millions of people do it, I'll be amazed if they ever get it to stop.

 

The MP3 "piracy" is running into the same trouble as the speed limit: no one follows it if they can help it which makes it nearly impossible for the law to be enforced. And for my own defense, the stuff I have is - like Neph's - near imposible for me to get my hands on. Now I do also have a few bootleg series, but I'm trying to buy them legally when I can.

 

like nelph i have no credit card, so i have to.
i download songs that are ok, but if i REALLY like a band, then i will buy the album.

 

The mp3 file format is not inherently illegal. And Chiquita IS legal. See, mp3.com is a site for lots of indy bands to put up mp3s of their work.

That means those mp3s are there with full knowledge and consent.

 

You know what, **** the capatalist system. Yes, i do it. but, i dont do it that much, as i only have a shitass 56.6 modem. But, to be fair, most of the stuff is either rare (Jpop, techno) or out of print (Like Anti-Flag's "Their System Doesn't Work For You"). Or just stuff i see on tv and i dont wanna spend 15 bucks on. Like Finch. I love Finch.

 

everything i download is illegal. all the music i have is downloaded, a bunch of movies i have are downloaded dvd rips. the bad thing is i sell movies and **** 2

 

those aren't, see what I said. I know some are legal. Thats why I put this.

 

I download lots of stuff, but if I don't like it I delete it, and if I do like it, I track down the cds eventually. Poverty is slowing my mission, but not stopped it yet.

- Ark

 

I heard on the news yesterday that they're going to institute some crapass mandatory popup that's going to magically guilt you into not doing it anymore.

While it's likely that it would be instituted, it's not bloody likely it would work.

 

Well, I download everything off the net. It's FREE, but I do feel sorry for those who are just loosing profit. But in the end the word FREE just takes over me and I'll do anything if it's FREE.

 

I download stuff, although not a huge amount. But I NEVER buy CDs because they're so, so expensive over here (the UK) - up to £3.99/$6.39 for a single, and up to £16.99/$27.20 for an album! Plus, I live in the South East - THE most expensive place in the UK to buy anything!!!

 

I know it's becoming a big thing that downloading illegally is costing record companies a lot of money, but hey, if it's available and it's free, then go for it.

I'd still do it no matter what cause I like J-Pop music but it's hard to find and pretty expensive. I don't have the money for it.

So I'll never quit.

 

Of course I download illegually, doesn't everyone?

 

Well, As long as you don't get caught... I guess it doesn't really matter.

 

The only way for me to get Japanese anime and J-pop is through Kazaa, cuz its not so popular in my country. So I admit I download from kazaa and im loving it

ah damn

 

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i don't care! I think its cool that you can get music for free. I would do it if i had a computer. i use the one at my friends house do all my computer things like this right here.