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Originally Posted by andygrif
It is nothing to do with me getting my way. I work in the music business, I know what goes into the production of the music, some of which by your own admission you have downloaded, some of those you don't also own on CD. If everyone did what you did - there would be no mainstream releases - period.
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i know about the production time the effort, the mixing, the directing of music, the hours of time spent building a good sounding track, the hours spent creating the lyrics, getting them in song with the artist, manafacturing etc.
so what if music is downloaded, i already publicly stated if you download and dont buy then its wrong.
if i decide to listen to a
whole album then go out and buy it i see no problem with that.
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Originally Posted by andygrif
iTunes Music Store is a FREE program, it's also a great way of keeping digital copies of the music you own. You do not have to put in any personal information whatsoever to hear quality previews of nearly 3/4 million songs.
Also Amazon offers tens of thousands of tracks for preview.
Also you can walk into ANY Virgin Megastore, walk up to the counter with any CD in the store and they will put it on a listening post for you.
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previewing tracks is futile you cannot get a grasp of what the song sounds like properly lyrically and the music as well as instrumentals....
not every track is previewable.
i dont have a virgin megastore here.
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Originally Posted by andygrif
Whilst it may not be as morally wrong to download a track illegally then go and buy it - firstly it is still under copyright laws a breach of copyright. Second, why do you keep the inferior digital files you downloaded if you've bought the CD?
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who said i did, personally i have deleted them, although because i want to keep the CD's in pritsine condition i have taken the step of ripping them from CD to a file so i can hear it when i want, keep the CD in excellent condition.
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Originally Posted by andygrif
The rules of the game are simple - you're not allowed to download unauthorised copies of music, videos, books, artistic work, whatever - however you try to justify your actions you're in breach of copyright. Peer to peer systems are not the way to find new music, and you do not have any rights whatsoever to download music from such sources, even going on to buy the album later is no justification under the laws of copyright. And let me remind you that the rules on copyright are governed by the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act (I think I have got them in the right order) and not the RIAA, which isn't even based in this country.
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hot air.
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Originally Posted by andygrif
There is provision in the act for personal limited time use of VCRs for taping stuff of the TV. I can't remember how long you're allowed to keep them for now, it's either 30 days or 90 days - something like that.
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and your telling me everyone else does that ? your telling me you have done that