Illegally Downloading

[Dream]

its wrong and i know the Bible says to submit to authorities. but i don't feel i am convicted to stop. for one i am being ripped off by major corporations. my XP is pirated. so are most my applications and i the only cds i buy are trance cds which are all imports. use limewire and soul seeker to download entire albums.

Typical Democrat comment here. The big bad corporations are out to get all of us. We should do all that we can to tople them and steal all their products.

Are you really that ignorant that you don't see that corporations provide jobs and income for millions and millions of Americans? When you steal from a corporation, you are stealing from your neighbor.

I suggest you take an economics course, and then maybe become a productive member of society by actually providing goods and services instead of just stealing them.

 

[Dream]

I downloaded The Sims 2 - I didnt want to spend £35-£40 on it.

I didn't want to spend $800 for a Gibson guitar. Do you know what I did? I didn't buy it. I learned to cope without it.

 

[Dream]

Exactly. Not to mention it's the record company's fault for overpricing CD's in the first place. Statistically, it costs them 20% or less to make the CD's.

Have you heard what a 'salary' is before? Or did you really think that people are producing records out of the goodness of their heart?

 

[Dream]

It's theft plain and simple. I used to do it. Had a library of 1000+ illegally dl'd songs. Deleted them all and am slowly rebuilding my collection the legal way, over Itunes.

Amen, Micheal.

Exact same here, except money is pretty tight. I only buy the essentials now.

 

[Dream]

And actually, prices don't go up as the pirate rate goes up. Pirating would actually make the prices go down; to get people interested in buying a cd. You see this trend with anything you look into.

But the higher theft is, the lower sales are. The only person you are kidding is yourself.

 

[Dream]

Let the rationalizing continue.

I have yet to see one concrete piece of evidence so far that makes stealing music acceptable. All that I've seen is a bunch of people whine about prices and evil corporations.

 

[morningstar2651]

Rationalize me not profiting from my hard work all you want.

 

[infantyouthpastor]

I think the only way they are going to stop pirating over P2P is when they shut P2P down. However, this does not stop people over IRC, hacking into servers and getting it that way.

I think it should be up to the individual artists whether or not their songs can/cannot be shared. Moby stated on "Ride with Funkmaster Flex" that he doesn't care how people get his music, just as long as they listen to it, and they like it. Also, why do the RIAA's lawsuits have to be so expensive (up to $150,000 per song)?

 

[supajake03]

You know that warning at the beginning of a movie that says there is like a 50,000 dollar fine for copying it. Yeah well that's what we're doing you know.

 

[morningstar2651]

To be honest...I'm surprised this thread is still open.

 

[Dream]

My 10 posts in a row seemed to kill all discussion.

 

[EbonNelumbo]

I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO GROW UP. Didnt sunday school teach us not to steal?

 

[lady_of_god]

I download my music from walmart.com ....its cheap at only 88 cents a song and legal. Come on people, lets download the right way

 

[Dream]

I download my music from walmart.com ....its cheap at only 88 cents a song and legal. Come on people, lets download the right way

Intetersting. I didn't know Walmart offered songs to be downloaded.

I personally do not download anything, even the legal way. If I'm going to pay for the music, I'd rather pay for the entire album complete with the album artwork and high quality sound.

But that's probablly because I prefer listening to an entire album as opposed to mixes.

Anyways, for those who steal their music by downloading illegally, your dignity is worth the 88 cents it costs to download that song at walmart.com.

 

[Letalis]

Just because you can't see the face of the person you're stealing from doesn't mean you aren't doing it.

Jerusha

Wow, that sounds so familiar.

But yeah, downloading pirated songs or software is immoral.

 

[Minger]

I mean I know I shouldnt be doing it, but I kinda still do because well I'm not rich or anything...-.-

 

[Stairway]

I use winmx, but I do not feel sorry for the record companies, because nowadays they produce nothing but pure garbage. If I like a band, I will purchase their album to support them.

 

[Ave Maria]

No, I don't illegally download music. A few years ago, before it became publicised, I did. After a while, I quit out of fear of being sued. That and I now believe that it is stealing. Whether you can afford the music or not doesn't give you an excuse to steal.

 

[Dream]

I mean I know I shouldnt be doing it, but I kinda still do because well I'm not rich or anything...-.-

That's no exuse to steal.

 

[HolyPlace]

I at one time downloaded music..but then like with the fine thing ..my dad made me and my sister stop.