Do you buy cd's or download from bands you listen to?
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Rory
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i'll download something to check it out but if i really like it, meaning i would like to hear another album from the artist, then i'll buy the CD. if you don't support the artists you like, they don't make money, how are they going to release another album?
most of the time though, new artists don't impress me and i prefer buying older stuff on vinyl anyway. the only CDs i bought recently are The Darkness coz they were promising. now it's Wolfmother but even then i bought the vinyl coz the cover art is by Frank Frazetta and deserves to be admired on a 12" sleeve. but it's a limited pressing double LP and i don't want to open it so i'll probably buy the CD of it one day anyway. unless i buy a spare LP which is quite possible
seriously, CDs are boring. they're good for ripping songs into iTunes quick and sending them into your iPod then that's it. when i'm at home i'll play my sweet vinyls.
most of the time though, new artists don't impress me and i prefer buying older stuff on vinyl anyway. the only CDs i bought recently are The Darkness coz they were promising. now it's Wolfmother but even then i bought the vinyl coz the cover art is by Frank Frazetta and deserves to be admired on a 12" sleeve. but it's a limited pressing double LP and i don't want to open it so i'll probably buy the CD of it one day anyway. unless i buy a spare LP which is quite possible
seriously, CDs are boring. they're good for ripping songs into iTunes quick and sending them into your iPod then that's it. when i'm at home i'll play my sweet vinyls.trianglebiscuit
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what will they do during raids?
im only scared they will confiscate my entire music collection ):
im only scared they will confiscate my entire music collection ):
gutturalpiss
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nitro: its balance. if u have other things to spend money on, u gotta prioritise. i myself in contrast only own a few albums. Very few. Coz it isnt really a priority :lol:
Anyway..the best thing is not to share anything (turn off uploads, dont share any folder). Theres this LimeWire Pro "free" version by the rule of opensource. I find it trustworthy. It protects the user more than LimeWire or cracked PROs. Not that LimeWire or FrostWire doesnt. But mayb its coz im on Linux.
Anyway..the best thing is not to share anything (turn off uploads, dont share any folder). Theres this LimeWire Pro "free" version by the rule of opensource. I find it trustworthy. It protects the user more than LimeWire or cracked PROs. Not that LimeWire or FrostWire doesnt. But mayb its coz im on Linux.
i do agree with bam about myspace.. that site increased and widen my music vocabulary. there are so many great unsigned bands! greece has loads of good death metal bands. check it out!
sticking to the topic, i used to do both, download and buy.. however since about 2-3 years ago. i became full-on owning albums and purchasing it. i feel most of you guys who mentioned downloading should consider buying. think about it.. back in the day, just say, 80s when thrash and NOWBHM was so big.. young bands like metallica all kept trading and issuing out demos and stuff, thus the scene then was just so bonded.. there obviously was no form of much piracy back then.. modern age (when tech advances), and everyone relies on downloading.. i feel, if you are true to the music. should buy more.. downloading is ok if you wanna check out stuff but that's what most of you say and then dont end up buying. how many of you actually really own megadeth albums! black sabbath albums! queen albums! etc etc or did you guys download? im not against downloading as i used to be one (though i bought at the same time), but i just dont like when young kids nowadays where band tees without even owning albums by the bands!
so are you a collector/hardcore fan/purchaser of the cd OR just someone killing music?
regards,
josh
sticking to the topic, i used to do both, download and buy.. however since about 2-3 years ago. i became full-on owning albums and purchasing it. i feel most of you guys who mentioned downloading should consider buying. think about it.. back in the day, just say, 80s when thrash and NOWBHM was so big.. young bands like metallica all kept trading and issuing out demos and stuff, thus the scene then was just so bonded.. there obviously was no form of much piracy back then.. modern age (when tech advances), and everyone relies on downloading.. i feel, if you are true to the music. should buy more.. downloading is ok if you wanna check out stuff but that's what most of you say and then dont end up buying. how many of you actually really own megadeth albums! black sabbath albums! queen albums! etc etc or did you guys download? im not against downloading as i used to be one (though i bought at the same time), but i just dont like when young kids nowadays where band tees without even owning albums by the bands!
so are you a collector/hardcore fan/purchaser of the cd OR just someone killing music?
regards,
josh
Rory
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piracy did exist. even when we copied our cassette and VHS tapes for friends, that's piracy. end users never ever had the right to redistribute what they have bought. it's just that now with the Internet it's on a totally different scale.Joshua said:
as for Selloutica, if it wasn't for bootlegs in those days, they wouldn't be who they are today. yet they have the cheek to take legal action on illegal distribution now. talk about biting the hand that feeds. but as i always say, if the music wasn't crap, people would pay for it rather than download.
i remember back in the day when you heard an awesome band, the first thought was always "i need to go buy this!!" and not "can you make a copy for me?" unless you couldn't find it in stores. but music has gotten to the point where everything is so shit that people are scared to take the chance of buying the album and not liking it. that's why they download. and most of the time, the music they download ISN'T good enough to them to make it worth paying for.
it was much better in the old days when music was good and cassettes were cheap. there wasn't much risk to try out a new artist you'd never heard before. but CDs have been the same price for the last 20 years while the music has gotten worse. record companies need to stop worrying about how to charge for downloading content and just lower the price of their bread and butter - CD sales!! artistes are still getting paid peanuts(less than $1 per album), manufacturing costs have gotten lower, yet CD prices are still relatively unchanged and record companies are still pocketing $5-7 a CD. inflation? my ass. the only thing that's inflated are the record company execs' pockets. ironically, the more they want to maintain profit margins on CD sales the more they lose out to downloaders who are sick of paying for the sub-par music they keep shoving down our throats.
gutturalpiss
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at this point of time, i recommend artistes, or rather bands, not to have record labels. it takes away the freedom, n most importantly, it takes away the money.
FITCH said:
Subject: Notice of Claimed Infringement (KMM3679192V41109L0KM)
Case ID: C1505620
Dear Sir
We have received a report of the following copyrighted material(s)
being made available for distribution via your SingNet account.
Date Found: 26 Aug 2005 10:21:01 EDT (GMT -0400)
Network: LimeWire
IP Address: xxxxxxxxxx
IP Port: 1991
Protocol: Gnutella
We include the notice from Business Software Alliance below.
Unauthorized distribution of copyrighted materials is tantamount to
copyright infringement and may result in legal action being taken
against you by the copyright owner.
We seek your cooperation in discontinuing the distribution of the above
materials immediately and removing these and any other copyrighted
materials from your computer.
You may find out more about copyright and/or piracy at the following
sites:
- Infocomm Development Authority (iDA) website:
http://www.ida.gov.sg/idaweb/pnr/infopage.jsp?infopagecategory=infoecon:
pnr&versionid=1&infopageid=I238
- Intellectual Property of Singapore (IPOS) website:
http://www.ipos.gov.sg/newdesign/indexpage/inner_frame.html?section=abou
tip&sub=4
- Recording Industry Association (Singapore ) – Copyright:
http://www.rias.org.sg/copyright.html
- Recording Industry Association (Singapore ) – Piracy:
http://www.rias.org.sg/piracy.html
Yours sincerely
Daisy Lim
Technical Service Officer
Internet Security Team
SingNet Pte Ltd
Company Registration Number 199802130W
=================
Seems it happened in september, not october sorry
FITCH said:
up until 2 days ago ive stopped downloading. I still have my methods that are more discreet. not P2P or anything but its probably the safest method.
But yeah, i downloaded for a year + after receivin that warning.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nsTjTCITqcQ
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