scrummie02
Bentley
join:2004-04-16
Arlington, VA
| reply to mr3000
Re: 3000 Out of Millions
I buy from iTunes and found some songs won't transfer to my iPod. When I see that happen...I download the song from whatever means I find.
I usually don't pirate music. I will download TV shows and watch them because of my schedule, I miss them sometimes. I don't have a tivo and won't pay 12.00 a month for one when I can download the file and watch it..then delete it if I don't want to see it again. To me that's the same as using a VCR. The only time I will try to "pirate" music is one of the following reasons:
My CD's break/get scratched....so on. This is why I usually rip my CD's so I can have a copy, if I didn't I will download it.
I want to listen to one song, then I download one song, If I like it I'll buy it, if not, I delete it..honestly. I have a limited amount of space on my HDD and I don't need it taken up by crap (which is most music is now anyway).
Or I buy it and it won't transfer to my iPod..then I'll download it. I've already bought it anyway so I have no problem downloading it.
Personally, I feel guilty if I steal music without paying, which is why I pay for what I want. I won't buy CD's because it's 12-20 dollars of a couple good songs and the rest is complete rubbish. My other opinion is this, If I download a song and listen to it a few times and hate it..then delete it...the RIAA didn't loose anything anyway. If I didn't download it, then I would have borrowed a CD from a friend to listen to it until I got board of it and given back. The point is I wouldn't have listened to the song in the first place if I had to buy it, so I wouldn't have had any exposure to the artist because I don't listen to the radio (to many commercials) or I wouldn't have bought the CD/song because I got bored of it after two days.
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Mac Bridger
Beat It Again Bill
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join:2001-01-11
Smithton, PA
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| You make a great point. If the **AAs would consider your logic they may be able to use it to increase their sales. They're too busy looking at all the "sales" they would have had though. To them, every song downloaded would have been a sale.
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@172.20.x.x | They've been known for saying that even if your legal store-bought copy got scratched or otherwise f'd-up, they'd want you to BUY A REPLACEMENT.
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