Downloading Music

[Dogz]

Originally posted by G.P.girl
i don't know
i still download music sometimes.

Hopefully they don't sue you.

[Dogz]

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 agree.

Originally posted by RICHARD
Bill Gates?

lololololol
That's what my friend said too.

[2kitties]

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

So your arguement is that peopel should just be able to take what they can't afford???

[trayi52]

mahayana
you have a point, I wonder how many has taped movies off television?

[RICHARD]

Now...

Should play writers be able to sue the hundreds of schools that perform their plays each year??


Same difference.

They made money on the first run/performance and then years later the 10th grade class does 'Oklahama' for free...

But then again people SHOULD get sued for LISTENING to some of
of today's music.




I love to hear about musicians talking about song as 'their kids'..

If you love them THAT much keep them at home.....

[babolaypo65]

Ahh, but different rules apply to plays, which are published. You simply have to acknowledge that it isn't yours.

Same goes for information you use in papers and on websites.

Music is different. In the past, we didn't all know it was illegal. Now we do.

Should they go after 12 year olds? no.

Should the laws be changed to allow you to download for free, without violating federal law? Perhaps.

But it IS the law now. It seems odd that we choose which laws to ignore and have rationalizations for our choices. That's all.

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by babolaypo65
Ahh, but different rules apply to plays, which are published. You simply have to acknowledge that it isn't yours.

So that means I can act out scenes of the FULL MONTY in my bathroom and no one will sue me????

[lbaker]

If you do, and if Eddie gets an eyefull, don't let him near the phone or start looking up "lawyers" in the phone book and ESPECIALLY don't let him get his paws on a camera blackmail city fer shur

[primabella]

We used to have Napster and then got Kazaa, until we got a virus through it. Then my dad forbid us to use any music-downloading programs (it took 3 weeks to get the PC back up). In a way I miss it, in a way I don't.

Sueing someone for downloading music is wrong. If they wanna stop this the only thing to do is to make each one of these sites a pay-site where you pay 1$ for each song or something. Sueing won't solve anything and I find it completely ridiculous.

[2kitties]

Itunes is a great pay download service. Songs cost as little as $0.75 and because you pay, the quality is great and guaranteed and is virus free. I believe Napster is now pay.

Go to www.apple.com and you can download the itunes program. It is great and works on both mac and pc.

[babolaypo65]

If you act out the scenes OUTSIDE of your bathroom, they might.
But for different reasons.

Originally posted by RICHARD
So that means I can act out scenes of the FULL MONTY in my bathroom and no one will sue me????

[babolaypo65]

Originally posted by 2kitties
Itunes is a great pay download service. Songs cost as little as $0.75 and because you pay, the quality is great and guaranteed and is virus free. I believe Napster is now pay.

Go to www.apple.com and you can download the itunes program. It is great and works on both mac and pc.

That's what I use. Itunes for Mac.

[ramanth]

I don't personally download the music, but I own a few CD's of 'driving music' that friends have made for me.

I've also owned a few pirated movies, like LOTR, Finding Nemo, and Pirates of the Caribbean.

I paid the high dollars to see these movies on the big screen and now I own FOTR, TTT, and Finding Nemo (going to get Pirates, when it comes out).

To me, watching the crappy pirated version sates my thirst for the movie till I can own it.

[dukedogsmom]

*Raises hand* I'm guilty too! I don't understand why the powers that be went after Napster like that but Kazaa(where I go now) is allowed to do exactly the same thing. It's so cool to hear a new song you like on the radio, get home and download it. Why in the world would we want to have to buy a whole cd for one song? It may be "politically incorrect" but it's great.

[babolaypo65]

Originally posted by dukedogsmom
*Raises hand* I'm guilty too! I don't understand why the powers that be went after Napster like that but Kazaa(where I go now) is allowed to do exactly the same thing. It's so cool to hear a new song you like on the radio, get home and download it. Why in the world would we want to have to buy a whole cd for one song? It may be "politically incorrect" but it's great.

See, it's not just politically incorrect. IT'S ILLEGAL. It's stealing. The musicians work. They make music. They earn money when YOU pay for it.