Where do you download your music???

[TD89 10+ year member]

BitComet mainly, Limepro for some stuff, and AllofMp3.com (it's a paid site but it's cheap.)

 

[fancynapkin 10+ year member]

Musicians make their money from tours not albums, if they are any good, people will go see them...

Obviously you've never been a paid musician. You fail to realize the effort it takes to produce an album. When you download music you not only ****over the bands and the record companies, but also the producers, sound engineers, and all others associated in making records.

But if it makes you feel less guilty of robbery, o.k.

 

[adam71 5,000+ posts]

Obviously you've never been a paid musician. You fail to realize the effort it takes to produce an album. When you download music you not only ****over the bands and the record companies, but also the producers, sound engineers, and all others associated in making records. But if it makes you feel less guilty of robbery, o.k.

Please re-read my post. I stand firm on what I said. The public is striking back and there is nothing your self-righteous *** can do about it.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[nVRuckus 5,000+ posts]

torrents and ruckus which is great if your college is signed up with it.

I never gave you shit

 

[fancynapkin 10+ year member]

First of all little man, fuck yourself. You come in this forum running your mouth like that you will NOT last long.
Second of all, I own over 500 compact discs and am an avid listener and collector of them. I use filesharing to listen to music before I buy a disc. I also use filesharing for ****, software and the occasional music video. I've always made my own MP3s out of my own collection of discs. There was a time when I hated the RIAA and in fact I still do. They want to bitch about copyrights when it was them who gouged the American people with HIGH CD PRICES when in fact they had become considerably cheaper to make. They made money hand over fist in the 80s and a good part of the 90s. It was only natural the public would strike back at them. Now they wanna piss and moan about it. I say fuck them and they get what they get. I still do and will continue to buy "used" and a select few "NEW" cds but I will listen to music before I buy it.

Last time I checked' discussing illegal activites is looked down on. Maybe use some sense.

Im sure you own lots of music and donate money to starving kids in africa and pick up trash at the park, whatever, downloading music illegally is STEALING. How can you possibly justify stealing? You sound like your trying to stick it to the RIAA, ignoring those you hurt in the process.

If you want to listen to music before you buy it, go to amazon.com or walmart.com and listen to the clips they have, read album reviews, use some rationality.

Most of the people I know do not buy cd's anymore, at all. Its all downloaded. Im sure if bit torrents existed in the 80's and 90's, you would own significantly less albums. Im guilty too, its so tempting to just type in your favorite artist and click away, it doesnt feel harmful, but it is.

 

[adam71 5,000+ posts]

Im sure you own lots of music and donate money to starving kids in africa and pick up trash at the park, whatever, downloading music illegally is STEALING.

Not if I listen to it then delete it. I told you I buy cds, I like Sound Quality and MP3s aren't equal to CDs. I make my own MP3s for use in the car instead of having a changer.

How can you possibly justify stealing? You sound like your trying to stick it to the RIAA, ignoring those you hurt in the process.If you want to listen to music before you buy it, go to amazon.com or walmart.com and listen to the clips they have, read album reviews, use some rationality.

As I just said its not stealing when you only audition the music. As far as listening to clips??.......give me a freakin break, you can't get the jist of of a song from a damn clip. Album reviews? Give me another freakin break. Opinionated reviews do me nothing good since that only states how someone else liked a certain album, NOT ME. Rationality is what I deam necessary to listen before I buy. Where is the "rationality" in buying a disc and then finding out I can't stand it.??

Most of the people I know do not buy cd's anymore, at all. Its all downloaded. Im sure if bit torrents existed in the 80's and 90's, you would own significantly less albums. Im guilty too, its so tempting to just type in your favorite artist and click away, it doesnt feel harmful, but it is.

Why would I own less albums when I already told you I collect CDs and demand more quality sound then what MP3 has to offer.?? IF you're guilty too then why are you looking down on everyone on here and giving us all a "fuck you all"???? That little man makes you a hypocrite.

 

[fancynapkin 10+ year member]

Trying to control people through fear and threats doesn't work ... In this type of economy, the only way to make money is to give the people what they want and find a way to make money from it ... For example, they could make their own free download services and sell advertising and, with the amount of hits they would get, they would make a lot of money ... Think of all the money they would save themselves on the legal battles, their own anti-piracy advertising, etc., but they're just being completely closed-minded about the situation ...
The RIAA and other organizations have to stop being so stubborn about this situation because, let's face it, once people get it for free for so long, they're not just going to stop unless it's a very real, very probable threat, which will cost billions ...

DO you honestly think having a few pop up ads is enough to for the studio, the server itself, the years it takes to master an instrument, and the effort put into song writing? Music is the primary basis of income for many folk, stealing it helps no one but yourself. I agree the RIAA can't do shit, but any bit of effort will help.

 

[fancynapkin 10+ year member]

Not if I listen to it then delete it. I told you I buy cds, I like Sound Quality and MP3s aren't equal to CDs. I make my own MP3s for use in the car instead of having a changer.



As I just said its not stealing when you only audition the music. As far as listening to clips??.......give me a freakin break, you can't get the jist of of a song from a damn clip. Album reviews? Give me another freakin break. Opinionated reviews do me nothing good since that only states how someone else liked a certain album, NOT ME. Rationality is what I deam necessary to listen before I buy. Where is the "rationality" in buying a disc and then finding out I can't stand it.??

Why would I own less albums when I already told you I collect CDs and demand more quality sound then what MP3 has to offer.?? IF you're guilty too then why are you looking down on everyone on here and giving us all a "fuck you all"???? That little man makes you a hypocrite.

You realize mp3's are not the only form of downloadable music? Not to mention an mp3 file can be compressed to a larger bitrate to sound identicle to the original, so throw that argument out the window. Hell, with torrents, they can even pirate the **** cd art!

So, you steal music, and then delete it and go buy it.... mm hmm, I bet. Try walking into a best buy and shoplift a few cd's, then say "oh, Im gonna bring them back and pay for them If I like them or not? haha. what a crock of BS.

If multiple album reviews, thousands of sample clips, and radio airplay are not enough for you to get the jist of a groups sound, you are simply not willing to put forth the effort.

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

Thanks for ripping off hard working musicians.
A big "**** you" from me to all of you

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Im laughing in your general direction.

At all of your posts in this thread.

 

[liar2 10+ year member]

Your argument is flawed. In many parts of the world, file sharing is still legal. Like Canada, for instance. Your argument that MP3 = CD is not sound. MP3 is a LOSSY format. You will never get the same sound from an MP3 as from a CD. It just isn't possible. For some people, it may be good enough. but to others, it just won't do.

This whole fiasco is all about money though. Many artists have forgotten about the actual music. Most modern day music is horrible as opposed to how music was in the 60s and 70s... sans disco. There are bands I choose to support simply because they put out good music, and I shall be seeing them in concert and whatnot. For instance, my favorite band (Radiohead) will be playing next month. This band has not forgotten about the music. In fact, when their last album was released, it was pirated on the internet. Sure, they griped and moaned about it, but it was not because they were losing money. They griped because the people that were listening to their music were not getting the finished copy. If artists could go back to this concept, I believe that the industry would be a lot happier.

 

[fancynapkin 10+ year member]

Your argument is flawed. In many parts of the world, file sharing is still legal. Like Canada, for instance. Your argument that MP3 = CD is not sound. MP3 is a LOSSY format. You will never get the same sound from an MP3 as from a CD. It just isn't possible. For some people, it may be good enough. but to others, it just won't do.
This whole fiasco is all about money though. Many artists have forgotten about the actual music. Most modern day music is horrible as opposed to how music was in the 60s and 70s... sans disco. There are bands I choose to support simply because they put out good music, and I shall be seeing them in concert and whatnot. For instance, my favorite band (Radiohead) will be playing next month. This band has not forgotten about the music. In fact, when their last album was released, it was pirated on the internet. Sure, they griped and moaned about it, but it was not because they were losing money. They griped because the people that were listening to their music were not getting the finished copy. If artists could go back to this concept, I believe that the industry would be a lot happier.

?? My argument isnt that mp3 = CD, its that mp3 isnt the only downloadable form of music, you can JUST as easily download a lossless format. CD quality means absolutely nothing to most people. Besides, hardly anyone can distinguish a well encoded mp3 from the original. Unless you actually know about encoding techniques, dont bother arguing. variable bit-rate encodings sound identicle to cd.

do some reading first: http://www.mp3-converter.com/encoders/lame_encoder.htm

 

[fancynapkin 10+ year member]

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Im laughing in your general direction.

At all of your posts in this thread.

It seems Im the only one who has common sense in this thread. Everyone elses argument seems to be "**** the RIAA" and "those musicians are rich, so its okay"

BTW when have you piped in your argument?

 

[fancynapkin 10+ year member]

You don't think you can make any money from advertising ? Funny how this forum, which sees a lot less hits than what they would get, is able to pay for itself and then some from advertising ...

uh, no shit, the only cost for running a simple website is server space.

try funding a year project with multiple people needing payment for work with a pop up ad.

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

It seems Im the only one who has common sense in this thread. Everyone elses argument seems to be "**** the RIAA" and "those musicians are rich, so its okay"
BTW when have you piped in your argument?

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*turns on BT.....*

 

[fancynapkin 10+ year member]

MP3s are nowhere near identical to .cda format ... If you have a sound system with a good dynamic range and low distortion, you're definitely going to hear the difference between CD Audio and a format where 86% of the information has been removed (192 kbps MP3) ...
It's not stealing music, for one ... It's fileSHARING ... Someone went out and bought the CD, uploaded it onto their computer as an mp3 file, and decided to share it with the rest of the world ...

Oh, wait, downloading is illegal, therefore we should put 10s of millions of people in prison ... That'll work out well for everyone ...

The RIAA is a fvcking joke and so are you ... Go graduate from high school, spend some time in the real world, and go fvck yourself with a rusty blade ...

Mp3 can have up to 320 kbs, and like I said there are many lossless files that are shared too. Most people cant tell the difference on portable mp3 players anyways, so throw that argument out.

"its a file" --- okay? I guess the only thing you can steal are physical objects? Your an idiot, and your rhetoric is retarded. and jailment isnt a sentence for theft dumbass, its called FINES.

Its alright to admit that you have no idea what your talking, you dont have to resort to immature name calling, maybe you ought grow up, eh?