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Edited by biffyslags_358, 01 August 2005 - 10:03 PM.
Should Downloading music be illegal?
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, Feb 20 2005 06:13 PM
320 replies to this topic
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Guest_Doctor Dirty
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Posted 01 August 2005 - 09:59 PM
F$%k no! Especially if you're paying for it with a program like iTunes or Napster. I use Bearshare, but only because my [personal] income rate is too low to spend a dollar on a song (I make money by doing chores in my house). My money would go away fast. Maybe I'll use iTunes someday...but for now, I get my music free .
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Posted 01 August 2005 - 11:58 PM
Thast what sites like purevolume.com and myspace are for. Theres this band Kervin, they've put their whole EP up for free download, thats 11 tracks and there real good.Anywho, I say it shouldn't be downright illegal. I say that the artists should choose. Sometimes this is the only way for small-time bands to get noticed.
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Posted 02 August 2005 - 02:14 PM
Yes. Why? Because no matter how rich they are, it's still stealing.
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Posted 02 August 2005 - 05:26 PM
Illegal???? NO, that's the only way I get my fav songs.
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Posted 02 August 2005 - 08:11 PM
I don't think it should be illegal, because there are many cds out there that may be popular, but people can't really afford buying awhole bunch of cds, teens don't really make that much money.
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Posted 02 August 2005 - 10:07 PM
I'm a teen and I make plenty of money. I own close to 80 CDs. Only people that don't get jobs and sponge of their parntrs can't afford CDs. Work for it, it makes listening to them much more enjoiable.Cds arn't that expensive, if you go to the big name stores then yes, CDs can be around £15-16, but if you shop on the net or find independent stored there much cheaper, usually around £10. Heck, the shop I go to has CDs from £5. Thats a bargin.
Edited by Edgecrusher, 02 August 2005 - 10:11 PM.
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Posted 03 August 2005 - 02:09 AM
Yes downloading music should be illegal. It is stealing no matter which way you look at it. That being said, I'll still download music regardless.
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Posted 03 August 2005 - 03:13 AM
hehe...i don't care if it's illegal.
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Posted 03 August 2005 - 03:13 PM
Um, a lot are just saying no, I think because you guys are downloaders yourself and don't want to get caught. I, on the other hand, says it should still be legal. I mena, I download too freely, but I also delete them after I finish listening to them after a few days. I read that this sort of personal use, listening and deleting isn't illegal, but hey, don't look at me.
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Posted 03 August 2005 - 07:45 PM
Wow, thanks for your wondeful input...
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Posted 04 August 2005 - 08:52 AM
Umm, isn't downloading music (or any copyrighted work being distributed without permission for that matter) illegal? Or am I missing something here?
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Posted 04 August 2005 - 12:49 PM
No!!! besides if that was the case then what about those who have an I POD it only works for the Apple MP3 site, other MP3 players work from your CD's are other MP3 downloads 
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Posted 04 August 2005 - 01:13 PM
i dont call it illigal and if they arrest everyone thads downloading it then there will nowone left
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Posted 04 August 2005 - 01:26 PM
From a distant place, far, far away. One could hear the desperate screams of Locue the Downloader and his twin brother Tocue the Roamloader!"LOCUE! IT'S THE FEDS! WE'RE DONE FOR!""No sweat, my dear brother. They might catch us, but alas! They will never have our collection of J-Pop music and scat porn! Ignite the dynamite! We shall destroy the evidence!"No, seriously. There's a lot of good guys and girls around that really don't download stuff they haven't earned.Um, a lot are just saying no, I think because you guys are downloaders yourself and don't want to get caught.
That's a laugh. If you don't own whatever you're downloading, it's still illegal even if you delete it right away.You're on thin ice, sister! The feds will crack down on you, for sure!I, on the other hand, says it should still be legal. I mena, I download too freely, but I also delete them after I finish listening to them after a few days. I read that this sort of personal use, listening and deleting isn't illegal, but hey, don't look at me.
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Posted 04 August 2005 - 01:33 PM
Seriously I don't think it should be illegal. I mean they make so much money already just for writing a song and dancing to it. That is the simple life, yet there are men that construct a work of art such as the empire state building, and all they get is 5.25 an hour maybe a little bit more. I mean come on isn't that a bit out of line. So I don't believe in buying CDs anymore. And ontop of that to go see a concert it costs anywhere from 50 to a 100 dollars and sometimes more, just to see something once? its ridiculous. Maybe its time people start thinking things through.
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Posted 04 August 2005 - 08:35 PM
yo man i dont think d/l music should be illegal. it is ,but nobody cares...
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Posted 04 August 2005 - 09:00 PM
i think it should be legal..but it isnt, the solution : www.allofmp3.com
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Posted 04 August 2005 - 09:02 PM
NO~!
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Posted 04 August 2005 - 09:04 PM
Depends; if you try to sell them, then it's very illegal.
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Posted 04 August 2005 - 09:33 PM
yeah, I see all them chinese people on the streets selling dvds and music which is illegal, but why should downloading music be illegal? It is not like if the government can do anything about it.
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Posted 04 August 2005 - 09:43 PM
I don't think it should be illegal. I really don't care if the musicians aren't making any profits. They usually make awfull songs when their music is motivated by money anyway. No one is FORCING them to sing for a living. They can get another job, like everyone else usually does.Of course downloading and selling music is unethical. You're ripping someone else off. You should cheat other people like that. It's not illegal to rip people off thought.Edit:I've found most music selling today is a piece of dung anyway. I usually only download oldies that are hard to find in stores.
Edited by Petersen_roms, 04 August 2005 - 09:45 PM.
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Posted 05 August 2005 - 12:05 AM
Hell yeah i mean if you have the resouces to do something do it. you wen't though all the troble why should sum one stop you. downloading music for free doesn't hurt any one but the ppl who would be making money. If they have a problem with it they should make more security to protect it. i mean face it soon all the world will be controld by computers. you should learn to use com. peace
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Posted 06 August 2005 - 02:27 AM
it dont matter to me dude cuz there are many things that are illegal and a lot of people dont have a problem doin em like me....... and the cops have no real way of catching your donkey download the music so there really is no point if its illegal or not
