Piracy FTW!
[quote]dollarbill44 wrote:
I occasionally buy CDs. If I buy in a store, it’s usually an impulse buy. I do buy used CDs from Amazon. I’ve not had any issues with the quality of the CD and I never pay more than $5 all-in (including shipping).
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I buy most of my music, and I agree used cd’s from Amazon is the way to go. I haven’t bought a new cd in several years.
Most of my music I download off of torrent sites but If there is an artist that I feel needs support, ie: Ghostface Killah, Common, Joell Ortiz, I’ll kick in the loot for the cd.
The last CD i purchased was Big Doe Rehab, by Ghostface Killah.
[quote]Pootie Tang wrote:
Most of my music I download off of torrent sites but If there is an artist that I feel needs support, ie: Ghostface Killah, Common, Joell Ortiz, I’ll kick in the loot for the cd.
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Wow, you’re all heart. How do you determine which ones ‘need the support’?
IMO, taking music without the artist’s consent is the same as stealing one of their CDs off the shelf. Y’all suck.
[quote]SinisterMinister wrote:
Pootie Tang wrote:
Most of my music I download off of torrent sites but If there is an artist that I feel needs support, ie: Ghostface Killah, Common, Joell Ortiz, I’ll kick in the loot for the cd.
Wow, you’re all heart. How do you determine which ones ‘need the support’?
IMO, taking music without the artist’s consent is the same as stealing one of their CDs off the shelf. Y’all suck.
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Yeah, SM, I agree with you. But bootlegging has been going on as long as I can remember. Back in the seventies, music was ripped from vinyl and put onto cassette tapes, and distributed to retail. Then, bootleg CD’s went through the same route. The internet and digital compression is just a continuation of it, although now the underground retail middleman is cut out of the loop.
Does this actually prevent a local small time band from substantial revenue, or hitting it big? Hell if I know. And yeah, I’ve ripped a few online, but the quality is piss poor (even for purchased tunes) just barely good enough for an iPod. And even the quality of the music on new, legal CD’s has gone south, compared to the ones made in the 80’s or early 90’s. Yeah, nothing like the sound and feel of seventies electronics and vinyl. And you can’t clean your weed on a CD case.
[quote]Yo Momma wrote:
SinisterMinister wrote:
Yeah, SM, I agree with you. But bootlegging has been going on as long as I can remember. Back in the seventies, music was ripped from vinyl and put onto cassette tapes, and distributed to retail. Then, bootleg CD’s went through the same route. The internet and digital compression is just a continuation of it, although now the underground retail middleman is cut out of the loop.
Does this actually prevent a local small time band from substantial revenue, or hitting it big? Hell if I know. And yeah, I’ve ripped a few online, but the quality is piss poor (even for purchased tunes) just barely good enough for an iPod. And even the quality of the music on new, legal CD’s has gone south, compared to the ones made in the 80’s or early 90’s. Yeah, nothing like the sound and feel of seventies electronics and vinyl. And you can’t clean your weed on a CD case.
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Yeah, I know it’s nothing new and isn’t going anywhere. The industry will simply need to adjust, which it’s done before and is trying to do now.
Hell, I used to make tapes of my friends’ new Def Leppard / GnR album back in the day, and I suppose it’s technically no different. The thing that grinds me is the MINDSET – the sense of entitlement that people seem to have. The previous poster was a perfect example : He thinks he’s doing the artist a FAVOR by paying for a copy of the artist’s work – like it’s a charitable donation! News flash: Not all musicians are living in mansions on the hill. The majority GRIND out a living. And if they are comfortable with their works being passed around free of charge, then more power to them – it’s a GREAT way for newer bands to gain exposure – but it shoud be at their discretion.
Since music isn’t tangible in the same sense that most products are, it’s apparently easier to justify TAKING it – unlike, say, a book – even though both are considered to be the intellectual property of the creator.
Of course, we’re in the minority, and perhaps feel the way we do because we’re musicians. Oh well.
[quote]bmitch wrote:
SinisterMinister wrote:
Since music isn’t tangible in the same sense that most products are, it’s apparently easier to justify TAKING it – unlike, say, a book – even though both are considered to be the intellectual property of the creator.
You can download e-books [/quote]
Awesome. I don’t get your point.