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How Do You Get Music?
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Are you a theif and get it for free off the web, or are you somewhere who cares about the music industry and realize if people dont stop illegaling geting songs that they will destroy the music industry. If artists dont get enough sales from albums then the music will get worse and worse because theirs less money to be spending. And eventually the music industry will collaspe and it will be all you assholes fault. Woah sorry I am getting riled up, this is just a very touchy topic for me because I cant STAND people like that.
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Originally posted by JSparksMCarey
Woah sorry I am getting riled up
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I do agree somewhat people really should start supporting music, but I think illegal downloading a small part of the reason for decling album sales it's a combination of things really, but I think the main reason is itunes ,people don't buy whole cd's anymore , you can just buy the songs you like off a cd insted of buying the whole thing, so people might spend 99 cets vs 9.99 for a whole album. and tha'ts how they are lossing money.
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Originally posted by shortstuff45220
I do agree somewhat people really should start supporting music, but I think illegal downloading a small part of the reason for decling album sales it's a combination of things really, but I think the main reason is itunes ,people don't buy whole cd's anymore , you can just buy the songs you like off a cd insted of buying the whole thing, so people might spend 99 cets vs 9.99 for a whole album. and tha'ts how they are lossing money.
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I agree with the iTunes thing. But I dont think illegal downloading is a SMALL part in why albums sales are bad. Its a huge and major part.
And this is a shoutout to everyone who gets music illegally: Theirs honestly no way you can justify illegaling getting music
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I bought over 30 physical albums last year. I probably spent near $400 on music--more than I've ever spent in a year on music. I rarely download songs for free, maybe like...one per month and it's usually for artists I refuse to support (like Janet Jackson lately or Pink Floyd) or for artists that I'm not sure I want to spend the $ on yet (it's almost like paying with credit). Like Miley or Ashanti, I downloaded a song of theirs for free but I also paid for "Breakout" and "Good Good." Basically--I pay only for the music I can't live without which is basically 95% of it! I don't think it's wrong to sample a free song here and there.
My logic for buying albums vs. MP3 downloads is different. For example, if David Archuleta was only available to buy as an album, I wouldn't have bought it, but since it was available on a track-by-track basis I bought two of the songs. I think the music industry should be happy that at least they made some $ from me instead of none at all. But I think if there's any album that you would have otherwise bought if it wasn't available on iTunes, then I think you should feel obligated to buy it instead of cherrypicking a few songs. Nobody appreciates music anymore though and everybody wants instant gratification. So many people are missing out on some hidden gems by only buying (or stealing) MP3's.
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Originally posted by bobbymfw
I bought over 30 physical albums last year. I probably spent near $400 on music--more than I've ever spent in a year on music. I rarely download songs for free, maybe like...one per month and it's usually for artists I refuse to support (like Janet Jackson lately or Pink Floyd) or for artists that I'm not sure I want to spend the $ on yet (it's almost like paying with credit). Like Miley or Ashanti, I downloaded a song of theirs for free but I also paid for "Breakout" and "Good Good." Basically--I pay only for the music I can't live without which is basically 95% of it! I don't think it's wrong to sample a free song here and there.
My logic for buying albums vs. MP3 downloads is different. For example, if David Archuleta was only available to buy as an album, I wouldn't have bought it, but since it was available on a track-by-track basis I bought two of the songs. I think the music industry should be happy that at least they made some $ from me instead of none at all. But I think if there's any album that you would have otherwise bought if it wasn't available on iTunes, then I think you should feel obligated to buy it instead of cherrypicking a few songs. Nobody appreciates music anymore though and everybody wants instant gratification. So many people are missing out on some hidden gems by only buying (or stealing) MP3's.
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Soo agree with you, except where you think its ok to steal songs here and their. Its stealing [against the law] so no .. its not ok lol
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Originally posted by JSparksMCarey
Soo agree with you, except where you think its ok to steal songs here and their. Its stealing [against the law] so no .. its not ok lol
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Well, everybody steals just a little bit. We all take free refills from the soda fountain now and then or sneak a few jellybeans at the candy store every once in a while. I pay a lot of good and hard-earned $ to the music industry and I don't think 20 free songs a year will hurt, considering I pay for roughly 500 songs a year.
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Naa, I only d/l albums whether legal or illegal, unless can't afford it.
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I download everything, if it's really amazing then I buy it.
It doesn't cost that much to make a great album if the artist is talented enough.
If you never download songs then it's really difficult, if not impossible, to expand your music taste.
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I'M A THIEF!...Thank God for LimeWire
I only support Beyonce
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I download most of my music from iTunes, including full albums. (Which is 100% legal!) I do, however, rip audio from YouTube videos if I have no money, or the song isn't available on iTunes. However, I do still buy physical CDs sometimes. The last physical CD I bought was P!nk's Funhouse. The one before that, was Natasha Bedingfield's Pocketful of Sunshine.
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Originally posted by JSparksMCarey
I agree with the iTunes thing. But I dont think illegal downloading is a SMALL part in why albums sales are bad. Its a huge and major part.
And this is a shoutout to everyone who gets music illegally: Theirs honestly no way you can justify illegaling getting music
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yeah but in the early 2000's it was very popular and it didn't hurt album, sales, now a days they do try to restrict it and take it off of sites, but your right it's still a problem, I just think it's a combinantion of things.
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Originally posted by ladyroc
I only support Beyonce
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That's just sad. As if she needs it.
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Originally posted by bobbymfw
I bought over 30 physical albums last year. I probably spent near $400 on music--more than I've ever spent in a year on music. I rarely download songs for free, maybe like...one per month and it's usually for artists I refuse to support (like Janet Jackson lately or Pink Floyd) or for artists that I'm not sure I want to spend the $ on yet (it's almost like paying with credit). Like Miley or Ashanti, I downloaded a song of theirs for free but I also paid for "Breakout" and "Good Good." Basically--I pay only for the music I can't live without which is basically 95% of it! I don't think it's wrong to sample a free song here and there.
My logic for buying albums vs. MP3 downloads is different. For example, if David Archuleta was only available to buy as an album, I wouldn't have bought it, but since it was available on a track-by-track basis I bought two of the songs. I think the music industry should be happy that at least they made some $ from me instead of none at all. But I think if there's any album that you would have otherwise bought if it wasn't available on iTunes, then I think you should feel obligated to buy it instead of cherrypicking a few songs. Nobody appreciates music anymore though and everybody wants instant gratification. So many people are missing out on some hidden gems by only buying (or stealing) MP3's.
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well if you refuse to support certain artist, than why bother downloading their stuff to begin with, that's still no excusse
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Originally posted by ladyroc
I'M A THIEF!...Thank God for LimeWire
I only support Beyonce
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Well its illegal and I hope you get caught.
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Originally posted by Kworb
I download everything, if it's really amazing then I buy it.
It doesn't cost that much to make a great album if the artist is talented enough.
If you never download songs then it's really difficult, if not impossible, to expand your music taste.
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you can expand your music taste without breaking the law :]
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Originally posted by bobbymfw
Well, everybody steals just a little bit. We all take free refills from the soda fountain now and then or sneak a few jellybeans at the candy store every once in a while. I pay a lot of good and hard-earned $ to the music industry and I don't think 20 free songs a year will hurt, considering I pay for roughly 500 songs a year.
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Point taken.
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