Downloading music for free

By twix
@teison2 (5921)
Norway
February 20, 2007 7:37pm CST
What's your opinion on downloading music from the internet without paying for it? Do you think this will eventually make it hard for musicians to earn a decent living from their music?
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7 responses
@shogunly (1397)
• Libya
21 Feb 07
That is another controversial issue ,because in old times ,if someone bought a Record or Tape of music ,it was ok for them to lend it or resell it or make copies for friends .But with the advent of P2P sharing ,more and more people are waiting for products to be shared so they can get free copies .That cannot be good for the owners and producers of Art products .On the other hand , those artists tend to have big checks and are more often than not rich people ,so maybe the people who do not want to buy ORIGINAL CDs are a balance factor between the performers and their audience !
@cassidy22 (2974)
• United States
21 Feb 07
Its not JUST the musicians that get hurt. It's the guys at the bottom that DON'T make big money - the sound engineers, editors, studio technicians - you are stealing from THEM when you download for free. They work hard and don't get paid the big bucks the artists do. So think about what would happen if the company you work for had their product STOLEN every day. Would they still be able to pay you? So why is it OK for you to steal music? Its no different than stealing a car. It's illegal, and it's taking money out of someone else's pocket.
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@shogunly (1397)
• Libya
21 Feb 07
Why do those companies pay so much to the performers , to the extent nothing is left for the production crews ? Besides ,downloading free copies from someone who already bought the music is not exactly stealing . Ill tell you whats stealing : selling CDs for 20 and 30 dollars when they actually only cost 20 cents !
@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
21 Feb 07
I do not think that downloading music for free would hurt them at all at least not money wise. They must get paid some how through the site or something! Even though it is more promotion for them than it is losing out! It persuades to want to go out and buy their album as the original is always best and we all know that ... LOL!!!
@Wanderlaugh (1622)
• Australia
21 Feb 07
Not necessarily. Most musicians put out promotional pieces, to attract an audience, and you can do a half sized take and put it on the net, which is a fair sample. As long as it's not actual theft, and they're getting something for their work, that's fair. As a matter of fact, downloading is fairer to musicians and to audiences. In practice, they're getting more per track than they would otherwise, given that CD and DVD prices are enough to discourage buyers, and that people who wouldn't otherwise buy an album will buy tracks. Albums are way overpriced, (the real production cost of a CD/DVD would be no more than 20 cents) and they're probably doing more to deny musicians a decent living than anything else at the moment. If you can make your own legal hard copy, who needs them?
@spr1967 (208)
21 Feb 07
I dont think musicians will be hard up
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@gunnchri (57)
• Canada
21 Feb 07
i would download all the music i could
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• India
21 Feb 07
yeah , it will affect the album sales of the music artists but , there is one gud thing in it that who ever has a net connection can download the songs for free and enjoy them , but we cannot tell if it is gud or bad for their pocket