Should Downloading music be illegal?
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Posted 02 January 2008 - 02:25 PM
if you'd have to pay for all the songs it would cost like 100 dollars for 700 songs, that's insane.
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Posted 02 January 2008 - 02:34 PM
no cos in my language all the music is free cos people dont buy cds so they dont even make them anymore. poeple in my country just burn them.
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Posted 02 January 2008 - 10:28 PM
No! =P Everybody download from internet so I dont think it should be illegal.
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Posted 03 January 2008 - 01:08 AM
I don't think so because if people are willing to share their music by posting and uploading songs for downloads, then why should there be a restriction? It's up to the person whether he or she wants to buy or download their own music.
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Posted 03 January 2008 - 02:05 AM
no it oshouldnt be illigal........id be soo poor if i had to buy my music
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Posted 03 January 2008 - 06:49 AM
downloading music should be legal as long as some people still buy the CDs and support the bands.
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Posted 03 January 2008 - 12:22 PM
downloading music shouldnt be illegal...but every song should have a minor virus on it as a sort of payment for goods, you get goods, we screw up your computer muahahahahaha
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Posted 04 January 2008 - 05:48 AM
Reason for edit: My last post was completely idiotic. It's gone now and replaced with this one.No, people who are getting their music downloaded are rich already, don't make us poor to enjoy them.Actually, after thinking about it, why is it even called illegal? Am I going to get arrested/fined? Will I be caught? Has ANYONE been caught? Why would an illegal download be the first result on google if you typed in "Limewire"?
Edited by MBM10, 04 January 2008 - 05:45 AM.
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Posted 04 January 2008 - 06:16 AM
No it shouldn't be. Many groups that do music that is not mainstream would die with out the net. And for mainstream many people who have DL a song have gone out and bought the cd. There are studies that prove that DL music and games for that matter do not hurt sales.
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Posted 04 January 2008 - 06:46 AM
downloading music is not illegal if you pay for it.if it was free artists wouldnt make any money cause instead of buying their CDs, people can just download it.
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Posted 05 January 2008 - 12:07 PM
absolutely not!with the crazy prices of c.d's it should be legal as watching youtube.
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Posted 09 January 2008 - 03:54 AM
It the way content is distributed now a days and it;s not my fault the RIAA isnt caught up with the times.http://thepiratebay.org/blog/96This film explains everything perfectly.
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Posted 15 May 2009 - 08:44 AM
Downloading music shouldn't be illegal. Then we won't be able to get music from ITunes.
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Posted 18 May 2009 - 04:12 AM
I really think that artists should produce music for creative expansion as well as to try and enlighten the masses with their messages. However, music (from my viewpoint) has degenerated into a senseless chant with bass that artists try to sell for money. Efforts are made (Demonoid ftw) to distribute music en masse for free, but people keep on paying.
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Posted 20 May 2009 - 06:10 AM
As long as its for personal use ..i dnt think downloading mp3 should be made illegal...check out this cool site
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Posted 28 May 2009 - 05:24 AM
im pretty sure it's already illegalGPs were deducted from this post, please read the rules! - Molus MilossiusNo WAY!! They say that people not buying cd's ruins the sales and doesn't reel in enogugh $$ but look at them THEIR FILTHY RICH!!! And it saves us like what about 500$ a year at the least. I think that the artist shou8ld look at the world more closely and see how much people save by dling music offliune and not haveing to buy like $15 cd's... Post youre opinion
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Posted 29 May 2009 - 03:30 AM
As many people as we know that download music there are still people out there that buy it as well. Companies are not going to loose as much money as you would think. The Artist aren't either. Even though I know I can simply open up limewire or any other free source downloading software and get just about any song I want doesn't mean I don't go out and buy the CD because sometimes I'd like to have the actual thing rather than a CD case full of blank CD's with scribbling on them lol!No I don't think it should be illegal. Almost forgot to add that 
Edited by Dragon Spirit, 29 May 2009 - 03:30 AM.
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Posted 29 May 2009 - 03:48 AM
Here's my view of music. Music is an art. People go see art everyday, they use art in their lectures, they can go online and view art. Yes, we in a way already pay for viewing the art...we pay for the internet that grants us access to the art. Music is no different...we go online, we listen to music, and just like images we can save music onto our computer. We still listen to the music, we still support and promote the artist of the music, we still pay in a sense for the music as well. If I like an artist enough to download several of his or her pieces of music, I will definitely go out and by a CD or download from napster or iTunes where I pay for the songs to promote the artist even further...but my view of illigalizing downloads of music is like making downloads of images illigal. It shouldn't be treated as such.
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Posted 29 May 2009 - 03:58 AM
You have a very good point. I'm glad you made this statement cause I didn't think of it like that before. Makes a lot of sense though to put it that way.Here's my view of music. Music is an art. People go see art everyday, they use art in their lectures, they can go online and view art. Yes, we in a way already pay for viewing the art...we pay for the internet that grants us access to the art. Music is no different...we go online, we listen to music, and just like images we can save music onto our computer. We still listen to the music, we still support and promote the artist of the music, we still pay in a sense for the music as well. If I like an artist enough to download several of his or her pieces of music, I will definitely go out and by a CD or download from napster or iTunes where I pay for the songs to promote the artist even further...but my view of illigalizing downloads of music is like making downloads of images illigal. It shouldn't be treated as such.
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Posted 29 May 2009 - 05:32 PM
no downloading music sholud be alowed because it is a lot cheaper than just buying a cd
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Posted 02 June 2009 - 02:38 PM
Hard to say, maybe depand on how new the song..... Btw, singer also need people to dwon load their song, right ?
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Posted 03 June 2009 - 11:48 AM
It should be rightfully illegal, because the company wants their money for their music, but I do not think it matters to most people, because we can easily get around it. But I think it is okay, as long as we do not sell it.
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Posted 12 June 2009 - 07:48 PM
I think it should be illegal. After all, it's not your's. And even if you don't like the record companies, write them a letter of protest or something. But I do share music so I'm kinda a hypocrite. If a friend buys a CD, I'll borrow it and download it. At least it got paid for at some point.
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Posted 12 June 2009 - 10:44 PM
i think it should be illegal yes, but i also feel that if they want to stop the piracy then lower the cost of cd's and songs in general
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Posted 13 June 2009 - 05:26 AM
Yes it should be illegal. Sure there are musicians who already have a lot of cash, but what about those that don't? Their music gets ripped for free as well as the famous ones. Bands put in a lot of hard work and a lot of their own cash into making music, we should pay for their hard work. It's just rude not to do so.
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