Downloading Music

[Dogz]

Have any of you been downloading music?
I tried to find a story about the RIAA sueing (sp?) people from downloading music from Kazaa, Grokster, iMesh, etc. but no luck.

The sued a 12-year-old girl (Brianna Lahara). Also the RIAA sued a 71-year-old grandfather whos grandchildren had been downloading music off the Internet on his computer.
(Who's fault do you think it is?)

Also, I am kind of confused if they are just going to sue people who are just downloading songs, or if they have to be downloading AND sharing.
What are your thoughts on this?

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by Dogz

(Who's fault do you think it is?)

Bill Gates?

[trayi52]

Try this link http://www.techtv.com/news/culture/s...484600,00.html

[G.P.girl]

i don't know
i still download music sometimes.

[trayi52]

me too, don't tell though.

[2kitties]

I don't think they should sue 12 year olds. I think they should sue those making the music available. however I realize that isn't physically possible so they go after 12 year olds.

But I think downloading music is wrong. It is stealing.

[micki76]

Originally posted by 2kitties
I don't think they should sue 12 year olds. I think they should sue those making the music available. however I realize that isn't physically possible so they go after 12 year olds.

But I think downloading music is wrong. It is stealing.

I have to agree with you on this, but I think the price of CD's and concerts and such is way too high.

[popcornbird]

I have never used Kazaa or any of those other sites. Its stealing, in my opinion. I will not support *thieves* by contributing to their *theft*. I think those sites' existance is totally wrong, because the things they have up to download for free are things that actually cost a lot of money and are copyright. I'd rather pay the money than do something wrong. My friends always tell me to download stuff off of Kazaa. Sorry, I won't do that. I will not do something that will make me feel guilty afterwards. They tell me what would anyone know. Well God knows. Even if the whole world doesn't know, God knows, and I know. I won't support such sites ever, and I won't do something that I believe is stealing.

I know a lot of people don't consider it stealing..........but I do.

But I do think its wrong to charge a 12 year old for this. They should charge the folks who made the sites available.

[Relentless]

I download songs all the time I use a special type of Kazaa that can't be tracked so I can't get sued or whatever. I'm not about to pay 15 dollars for a CD when I only like one or two songs on it.

[babolaypo65]

Originally posted by Relentless
I download songs all the time I use a special type of Kazaa that can't be tracked so I can't get sued or whatever. I'm not about to pay 15 dollars for a CD when I only like one or two songs on it.

If this is your argument, why not BUY the one or two songs from a pay site. That way you don't waste your 15 dollars, but the artist gets paid for his work.

Let's not kid ourselves guys. It's really no different that movie pirating, stealing cable, or any other kind of stealing. You're even describing the lengths you go to to avoid detection.

Do it if you'd like, but let's call it what it is.

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by babolaypo65
If this is your argument, why not BUY the one or two songs from a pay site. That way you don't waste you 15 dollars, but the artist gets paid for his work?

Let's not kid ourselves guys. It's really no different that movie pirating, stealing cable, or any other kind of stealing. You're even describing the lengths you go to to avoid detection.

I agree. Stealing is wrong and a sin, whether its stealing money from a bank, robbing a house, or taking stuff off of illegal sites, its STEALING. Anything illegal is wrong in my book and I would *never* do it. I don't cheat myself with going to sites that cannot be detected. I know that even if people won't know, God will know. I cannot do something wrong like this, and I find it sad that SO many teens download stuff from illegal sites on daily basis.

[Relentless]

Originally posted by babolaypo65
If this is your argument, why not BUY the one or two songs from a pay site. That way you don't waste your 15 dollars, but the artist gets paid for his work.

Let's not kid ourselves guys. It's really no different that movie pirating, stealing cable, or any other kind of stealing. You're even describing the lengths you go to to avoid detection.

Do it if you'd like, but let's call it what it is.

Because buying costs money and I don't have that much to spend. =p

[CathyBogart]

Actually, I buy far more CDs now than I would if I didn't download music. My strategy is this: download a bunch of music from a band or from one CD. If I like it enough, I buy it. If not, it gets deleted. I don't feel that this is stealing, I feel that this is protecting myself from wasting money and supporting bands I don't like.

After all, I wouldn't ever have heard of Saran Mclachlan if it wasn't for Kazaa, and I've given her well over $100 of my money now. ^.^

[trayi52]

WolfChan
Like you, I will hear them on Kazaa and then go out and buy the CD, like for instance I heard a song on the radio, I loved that song, but they never would tell who the artist was, so I done a seach on Kazaa and found it, by Sonique- It feels so good. I really loved the song, and I went out and bought the whole Cd, the same with Tal Backman- She's So High. Loved that one, could not find out who the artist was, I have that CD now.
Like Relentless said, some of the prices are so high just to get one or two songs you like. There are songs that you would not have heard if you didn't hear it first on Kazaa, or whatever you choose to use. I have bought a lot of cds, just because I heard it first on one of these programs.

[mahayana]

We tried downloading music back when we first got internet. It was horrible! With a phone connection it took over an hour to get one song, and most files were full of skips, incomplete, etc..

I did get one song that I had already bought on vinyl and on tape in the past......was that stealing?

My lawyer son works in the music industry. He says copying digital is illegal, making a tape recording is legal. Yet DIRECTV is actively promoting the technology to privately copy movies and everything they broadcast (all digital)!!!!!!!!

Wonder where they will find a jury to convict the "examples" now being prosecuted...