Poll: ever downloaded MP3 songs illegally?

[Evi]

Originally posted by Titan
I don\'t mean like that. I meant like local bands made it big through file sharing.

Linkin Park got big through file sharing. They themselves were distributing their songs this way.

I know that Radiohead\'s Kid A benefitted from file-sharing back in 2000.

Originally posted by Titan
I don\'t mean like that. I meant like local bands made it big through file sharing.

lol, an up and coming artist distributing thier music thru the web and such and thieves stealing music thru kazaa and such are two completely different animals

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Originally posted by Titan
A lot of bands also became more renowned because of file sharing.

But they can only make their living if you buy the album...

Originally posted by Blade
I know that Radiohead\'s Kid A benefitted from file-sharing back in 2000.

Every album has benefits from sharing networks, but the artists themselves have been hurt.

I have downloaded a few MP3\'s, mostly live/rare stuff though. I like to support my artists I enjoy so much.

Every album, right. It\'s documented that the leak of Kid A is what helped it to debut at no.1, though.

theinquirer.net report that?

[Titan]

I heard that artists don\'t get much through record sales but make the bulk of their money through concerts.

We pay a tax here on all CDs, DVDs, and HDDs that goes towards the recording industry, and the copywrite board rules that downloading here for personal use is not illegal - but sharing is.  

So no.  I haven\'t

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Originally posted by mm
jumpman, how about some artists walk into your hovel and just take stuff just because they can?

guess you better stop downloading those eh games then mm.

[Viper_Fujax]

i have just because i like a song or two, but not a whole cd.

muse for example, i like a few songs..but im not going to buy the cd. Or like titan said, download to see if u like it then buy it, just did it last weekend with roadrunner united.

Originally posted by Titan
I heard that artists don\'t get much through record sales but make the bulk of their money through concerts.

A lot of the small time artists say the studios won\'t spend much money on them at all if record sales are so-so.  One of my favorite artists said in an interview that his producer wouldn\'t pay for a full band for his national tour, due to lack-luster CD sales.

My rules are:

1) Favorite artists, f8ck it and buy the entire CD.

2) Dig the artist somewhat and they\'re small-time, buy the CD, or track(s) off the internets.  Support them and they\'ll make more music.

3) Hate the artist but they have a few good tracks, Bearshare.  Kanye West is a homo but Gold digger is catchy.  No way I\'m giving that loudmouth $$ though.

I used Napster when it first started, but I haven\'t downloaded an illgal song in years. Now I buy my shit.

Let\'s hear it for music download stores.

[Titan]

Originally posted by THX
A lot of the small time artists say the studios won\'t spend much money on them at all if record sales are so-so.  One of my favorite artists said in an interview that his producer wouldn\'t pay for a full band for his national tour, due to lack-luster CD sales.

My rules are:

1) Favorite artists, f8ck it and buy the entire CD.

2) Dig the artist somewhat and they\'re small-time, buy the CD, or track(s) off the internets.  Support them and they\'ll make more music.

3) Hate the artist but they have a few good tracks, Bearshare.  Kanye West is a homo but Gold digger is catchy.  No way I\'m giving that loudmouth $$ though.

Pretty much how I am. I would use iTunes but it is way too expensive to download a song. If it was dropped, I probably would download by paying. I mean, by the time i download a few of  aband\'s songs, I may as well buy the CD.

Too expensive to download a song?  3 songs cost $2.97.  Do you know how much it costs for a band to purchase intruments/sound equipment, rent a recording studio, fund their illegitimate children?

Even further, of the $.99 you pay for a song, a percentage of that goes to your credit card company, to Apple\'s Fairplay store, to the music production studio, and then finally to the artist.  Not a big sacrifice on your part imo.

[Jumpman]

Yea seriously. I went to Toronto and the Falls and out of all of the thousands of Canucks I saw my bro & I only counted TWO black people. I\'m scared of them as the next person but how boring it would be if there were none around!