Downloading free music. Options

[thanhmai]

i can see why its been made illegal.. i mean, if everyone started to get free music off the internet, then how are the people in the music industry going to be paid? then bands' cds wouildnt sell because everyone would get their music for free, and the whole musical economy would go ballistic or something. but..it doesnt even matter if you download it off kazaa or whatever program you use, because there are tons of fake files in the system now..my friend downloaded dozens of songs and more than half of them were fake. so i dont think theres really a point to try and download music from the internet anymore. it was there, but now its not, so maybe move on and just buy the cd or burn it off someone

[Mr. Psychotic]

musicans are just sell outs (well some are and others arent)

[SteveZz]

I think it shouldnt be legal but trying to stop it is impossible so it doesnt really matter.

[capsule]

simply put, downloading free music should be illegal. that doesnt mean kazaa n those softwares are illegal...just POTENTIAL in being used for illegal purposes (like a copy machine or a DVD burner). I hate it when people go "KAZAA IS BAD" n whack. They just assume that the program is illegal...when it can be used for legal purposes that may even be beneficial.

Now...the RIAA...im against them. Yea..free music should be illegal..but the way they're handlin it is totally wrong. Suing college kids, uploading fake music, and threatening to shut down kazaa n morpheus...thats stupid. they should just support iTunes or somethin like that...and not resort to force.

[ghjgfkgfk]

WELL I THINK IT SH0ULD BE LEGAL? SIGH I D0NT KN0W...THATS A HARD THING T0 TALK AB0UT... I MEAN WAT WILL THE SINGERS WILL SAY? HMM I D0NT KN0W BUT IS THE SINGERS WANTED T0 BE A SINGER CUS THEY WANT T0 GET M0NEY 0R THEY JUST WANTED THEIR FANS T0 LISTEN T0 THE SINGER'S S0NGS? HMM I D0NT KN0W... IT DEPENDS 0N WAT THE SINGER'S SAYS... HEH. BUT IF I L0VE THAT SINGER S0 MUCH, I W0ULD BUY THE ALBUM LIKE B0A...HEH... I W0ULD BUY THEIR ALBUM, EVEN LEXY... AND BABY V0X! HEHE EVEN AYUMI HAMASAKI AND UTADA HIKARU...BUT IF I WANT THE JAPANESE CDS... THEN I HAVE T0 PAY $30 PLUS TAX CUS I HAVE T0 0RDER IT FR0M JAPAN... S0 I JUS BURNED THE S0NGS...HEH CUS IT`Z L0T EASIER F0R ME HEH INSTEAD 0F SPENDING A $30 JUS CUS 0F A CD L0LS... NEWAIS I D0NT BUY AMERICAN CDS EXCEPT I B0UGHT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND NIVEA... AND N0W 15... HEH... BUT STILL... I D0NT LIKE T0 BUY AMERICAN ALBUMS N0 M0RE... WAIT LET ME CLEAR THAT.. I W0NT BUY AMERICAN ALBUMS MEANING AMERICAN SINGERS LIKE JA RULE, NELLY, BRITNEY SPEARS, 0R HILARY DUFF... I W0ULD BUY K0REAN ALBUMS TH0 L0LS. ^^;; I D0NT KN0W Y IM LIKE THAT BUT I L0VE IT LIKE THAT L0LS.
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S0 I D0NT KN0W IF IT SH0ULD BE LEGAL 0R ILLEGAL... HEH...

people might be able to take that post seriously if you turned caps lock off.

anyway, i think it should be legal. you are only doing it for yourself. yuo download some songs, you like it, you buy the cd.

[sarahcastro]

downloading free music should be illegal because
that is how song writters get broke if people don't buy there records
if everyone downloaded it for free the world would fall into an alternate caus

[BonneVache]

There is nothing wrong with downloading music... I mean if it is such a problum noone should have invented it in the 1st place. Also Its not like the people that make the music don't get paid enough already.

Seeing as someone invented genicide, is it okay too? What about slavery?

[thanhmai]

i can see why its been made illegal.. i mean, if everyone started to get free music off the internet, then how are the people in the music industry going to be paid? then bands' cds wouildnt sell because everyone would get their music for free, and the whole musical economy would go ballistic or something. but..it doesnt even matter if you download it off kazaa or whatever program you use, because there are tons of fake files in the system now..my friend downloaded dozens of songs and more than half of them were fake. so i dont think theres really a point to try and download music from the internet anymore. it was there, but now its not, so maybe move on and just buy the cd or burn it off someone

funny how i wrote this 2 years ago - and now, i download music.

[lightsabersavvy]

well most of the time i cant find the cds of bands that i like at stores. its almost impossible. but i can find anything when i download it. i think it should be legal. its lame to pay 99¢ per song on itunes. especially if you cant really pay for it since most young adults/teens only have cash on them.

and its so much easier than going out to buy cds where some of the songs you dont even like. you might only like one song.

i say it should be legal.

[soEXCLUSIVE]

I'd usually use stuff like Kazaa to listen to some of the tracks off the album. If I'm itching for more, I'll buy it, if it's just okay, I'll just keep the songs on my hd and not buy it.
I guess it should be illegal when album sales start getting pitiful, but for now I guess it's okay.

[alysaphobia]

artists can lose millions a year over people illegaly downloading as opposed to actually buying the albums.


that being said, i think you can hardly find some of the rarer/less popular bands/singers CD's in some countries like mine, so downloading is pretty much the easiest/only way to get to listen to their stuff. if the song you're after is like, Sexyback by Justin Timberlake, and you love his stuff, i think you should just buy the damn CD, whereas if you're looking for something like Anberlin's CD, it might be excusable to download since there's no way you'll find it at any store.

[twinkles6801]

i dont clearly understand this, If its illegal, shouldnt it be stopped? and if its so illegial, why can you still get itunes? does all the itunes money go to the artist?

[*Statues/Shadows*]

^Seriously? Are you seriously asking that?

iTunes is not illegal because you pay for it, and it has to get distribution rights from the copyright holder before it can sell any music. Not all music off unofficial sites are illegal either, though; artists and labels can choose to release any of their music free that they want. It's technically illegal to download other songs for free that were no designated to be such. However, pot smoking and underage drinking are also illegal, but can they be stopped? Of course not.
In the future, try to at least grasp the most elementary concepts of a topic before posting and save us all the headache.

[DarkImpressions]

Me personally I think it should be legal,Even though some people out there burn CD's and sell them but I mean then why do they make CD burners,Its just music,Even though that might have to do somehting with the artist profits... I dunno.

[vash1530]

i think that the muzik shud cost money, im just gonna steal anyways tho cuz i want other ppl to pay for it while i get mine pirated

[*x1227x*]

i'd say is would be paid because the artists dont make profits and they lose alot of money and time by recording their music on CD's and not anyone buying them and just pirating it on the computer.

but meh, i pirate my music on the computer too. so

probably everyone would crack the music on the computer if it costed money
(actually, everyone does it now. lol)

[Simba]

Well, I sell photos, and it's pretty annoying when people steal my stuff. Especially when it's an expense to me. So, I say downloading music for free should be illegal. Producing music is going to cost somebody money, and sales how they get that money back.

Although, I'm going to agree with the people who've said it, many music artists are quite overpaid. Music is a luxury, and yet it makes millions of dollars, versus something more essential, such as education, where teachers are quite possibly underpaid.

So, pirating should be illegal, but the price of music should probably also be lowered a bit. Artists and/or labels get their money back, and more, and we'll be happy because it's cheaper, and we're receiving good entertainment.

[radhikaeatsraman]

^Arjuna, that's actually quite different.
People who get music for free aren't saying that it's their music that they made. Whereas, people who steal your photos might be saying, "Hey, this is my stuff, look at it!" That's not the purpose of free downloads. We're just poor and we need music. That's all.

I'm gonna continue to download music for free regardless.

[faded23]

heres an idea.

a band usually lets out three singles off of a newly released CD over the span of a year, right?

so what i do is download 3 songs from the band per CD.

"it's a necescesary evil" ~howard jones of killswitch engage.

the first few slipknot songs i've heard were downloaded for me. i went and bought all of their CDs.so, in my case, it helps the record industry.

same with me a slipknot, cradle of filth, HIM. It's essentially helping and hurting them.

[Simba]

^Arjuna, that's actually quite different.
People who get music for free aren't saying that it's their music that they made. Whereas, people who steal your photos might be saying, "Hey, this is my stuff, look at it!" That's not the purpose of free downloads. We're just poor and we need music. That's all.

I'm gonna continue to download music for free regardless.

Well, the people usually don't steal photos and saying "Hey I took this." They're taking them because they're in the pictures. Supposedly using the photos for their "visual entertainment" without paying for it, similar to how people who download music for free get the "audio entertainment" without paying.

And the producers of the products are going to be losing money that they put in in order to produce the music. (Of course, I still think many of the music artists are overpaid.)

[*IVIike*]

i guess its only fair for the artists if its illeagle but really no matter what laws there are there are always going to be people doing it.

[miiichellley]

i think it should be legal. its lame to pay 99¢ per song on itunes. especially if you cant really pay for it since most young adults/teens only have cash on them.

and its so much easier than going out to buy cds where some of the songs you dont even like. you might only like one song.

i say it should be legal.

I think it should be legal. Agreed with the point where most teens don't have credit cards and barely any cash on us at one time. If downloads were free, i think it encourages more people to come in and listen 'cause they won't be losing anything if they just give it a try. If people like it, then they'll attend a concert or buy their CD, etc, etc and that way it all balances out.

[*yrrnotelekktric*]

but then again....it`s not like artists need the money.

[lanbexx]

artists can lose millions a year over people illegaly downloading as opposed to actually buying the albums.

actually, realistically, artists make relatively little money off of their cd's. they make most of it through concert tours. Record companies make most of the money to spend on the team of songwriters and mixers that create the artist.

[ChaosPunx]

Personally I also download to see if i like a band. If i do i go and buy their cd. I have a bunch of burnt copies of bands CD's which i WILL buy eventualy so i can have the actual artwork and stuff. The whole idea is stupid you buy somthing that will be in your computer and your ipod but you wont have it later in life so you'll end up buying it again. Just might as will buy the actual cd to prevent that. Besides the bands ive seen only make A dollar for each cd they sell since the record companies are indipendent(spelled that wrong) so in the end buying cds for me is a whole lot better.