What do you think about free music downloading from websites?
Do you download your music from places like limewire? Does the price of music in itunes have any effect on that? (Now that it's 1.29/ popular song. meh) Or do you chose to support the music industry and purchase all of your music fully legally either through CD's or by Amazon or itunes or the such? This is good for the artists and keeps your computer virus free. If you get your music legally, what do you think about burning disks from friends? It's technically not legal, but that doesn't stop anybody I know....
As for me, I'll confess not all my music comes legally. I get the majority of it from my friends and the rest is a mix between itunes and free download sites. I feel slightly guilty stealing from artists who need the money but I try and make myself feel better by never using limewire. (I'm not sure what my logic is there but....)
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6 comments:
I dont download from free sites, its really not good for your computer, i borrow cds from the library and download those. more complete and no viruses. and yes, i know its wrong. but i dont have money to pay for my music!! if it is an indie band that actually needs the money, i will buy their cd, but otherwise, i dont feel that bad about it.
I download from iTunes, my CDs, friend's CDs, and sometimes library borrowed CDs.
I do believe it is unfair to the music companies, but I also see another side. Music is spiritual and I believe it is essential for us. We don't have to pay to hear the Bible or anything like that. So, yeah.
I LOVE your way of looking at it I Wonder! I totally get what you mean by music being spiritual.
I Wonder, that makes sense. Music definitely IS spiritual. While I don't think that having music be free would work in the real world, I totally see what you mean.
I don't download music illegally from websites, but i do share music with friends. I might burn a cd or drag some songs onto a flashdrive while at a friends. Sometimes I burn cds from the library but there is an eon long wait for any good music. I think I've been on a waitlist for a Holly Brook disc (like blood like honey--it's uh-mazing) for six months. Most of my music is downloaded from iTunes, however.
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