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Stuart · 01-08-2004, 19:55

andygrif, what you say is true. However it is described, and even if it is morally right (debatable, but the position some posters here seem to be adopting), downloading copyrighted material via unauthorised sources IS illegal, so anyone who does it is laying themselves open to legal action.

I would be interested to know if there is actually *proof* not just statements by the RIAA (who seem to be busy telling everyone that if users are free to do what they want with PCs the whole of America will go bankrupt) that p2p downloads have actually harmed sales . I have seen an article online (which I can't currently find the link for) that says this is not the case (CD sales in 2002 were almost the same as 1992).

I have to admit, I personally don't download from file sharing networks now (I did in the past). Partly because it was to much hassle (I don't like waiting three days for something to download only to find it is the wrong file), but mostly, because (and this is either going to sound arrogant or holier than thou, either way, I apologise) I do believe that the artists should be rewarded for their work.

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Stuart - Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone Posts: 26,546	Re: Why is music piracy so bad? andygrif, what you say is true. However it is described, and even if it is morally right (debatable, but the position some posters here seem to be adopting), downloading copyrighted material via unauthorised sources IS illegal, so anyone who does it is laying themselves open to legal action. I would be interested to know if there is actually proof not just statements by the RIAA (who seem to be busy telling everyone that if users are free to do what they want with PCs the whole of America will go bankrupt) that p2p downloads have actually harmed sales . I have seen an article online (which I can't currently find the link for) that says this is not the case (CD sales in 2002 were almost the same as 1992). I have to admit, I personally don't download from file sharing networks now (I did in the past). Partly because it was to much hassle (I don't like waiting three days for something to download only to find it is the wrong file), but mostly, because (and this is either going to sound arrogant or holier than thou, either way, I apologise) I do believe that the artists should be rewarded for their work.