Guest Elysium Project Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 Navigator do you consider that a intelligent post? I don't ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Navigator Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 hehehehehe, I never said it was intelligent :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest bugbread Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 Elysium: just for your reference, I respect the artists as well, and I pay for music. I now download music as well, but it has not decreased my spending on real CDs at all. You may find that socially or morally unacceptable, but I look at the math: before Audiogalaxy, the recording industry made $60-80 a month from me, after Audiogalaxy, the recording industry makes $60-80 a month from me. I'm not justifying my MP3s here, per se, but making the argument that, while I copy MP3s, I am paying the recording industry because it's obvious that artists need to eat and CDs need to get pressed. Just for reference, my entire CD collection is on my computer, and my CDs are all put away in the closet. When I buy a CD, I copy it as an MP3 and put the physical disc away. I hate changing CDs around, I am fickle in listening habits, and I like the remote control. I don't need or want the physical CD nor the album art or liner notes. I'm not buying CDs because of any of those factors, I'm buying it because I think that Pelinpala, Haltya, Ubar Tmar, Infected, etc. make music that deserves part of my paycheck. So the point is, I respect your opinion (it seemed a bit baseless for a little bit there, but the last post brought it back to earth a bit), I respect the artists, and I download MP3s. How's that for a mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Elysium Project Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 Well bugbread I do respect that this is your view on things just as you respect my point of view... All have said is that I would never do it! - I guess that's all that matter that we do what we think is right for us as long as it does not hurt other people! - I do think that many mp3 freaks do hurt the artists in particular - but I wont make that into another argument - you all know my opinion by now anyway! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Elysium Project Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 by the way basilisk if the "nearby" future is to get less audio quality via mp3's then I think it's worth to fight it! - we need quality over quantity! Anyway I am not trying to fight the future actually I look forward to the day where I can sell my music much cheaper via my own internet shop but as long as the mp3 music quality is this bad and most people's internet connections are damn slow I still think that the CD's are a much better choice! I am all for cheaper CD's but that won't change until the internet (internet 2) and it's technologies become much faster and more powerful! I am sure that it will happen some day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strumpling Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 I'm done with these threads..... mp3 = stealing. I'll admit I do it, but I try not to. That's that - I'm a thief. If you're downloading MP3s, you're a thief. -=- Matt/Strumpling -=- I sure wish they'd sell psy-cds in normal music shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest bugbread Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 EP: Ok, good, we agree then. In general I support you on the MP3 issue, even though a slight difference in interpretation results in me D/Ling MP3s, which you oppose. And I do concur that many mp3 freaks do hurt artists. There was just a difference of opinion regarding "all" versus "most". And peace reigned across the land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jikkenteki Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 I download mp3s once in awhile, but they are almost all (99%) from mp3.com where the artist is obviously ok with people downloading them. You might be surprised with the names popping up there as of late too. As for them old classics... I keep digging and am constantly keeping my eye on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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