How illegal are you?

[swiss]

Thought this would be an interesting poll.
I personally download singles illegally but buy all my albums.

 

[Laivasse]

Your options are skewed - they make the assumption that someone who downloads a lot wont buy CDs. I download lots (usually scattered tracks), and buy in all cases where I like what I've downloaded. I don't consider myself to really own an album unless I have and own the physical product the band released, since the lyrics, cover & inlay art etc etc all usually constitute important aesthetic context for the music IMO. No band I like releases singles.

 

[gick]

I follow my own set of rules on the issue:

If the band/artist is small, I will buy.
If the band/artist is megahuge (like Pink Floyd, Metallica etc) I will download - I figure they dont need my money, whereas I do.
If the band work for or support causes I believe in, I will buy.
If the band are good, but assholes, I will download.

 

[knut]

I buy everything, but I ask freinds to download and upload stuff for me.

 

[Steve]

'S all legal.

 

[DeusExMachina]

I buy a few albums, download a few.

 

[huntingbear]

i've given up buying CD's unless i really really like the band because after some statistics I read I learned that almost all the revenue from CD sales goes to the suits upstairs...not the band

correct me if I'm wrong

 

[Parlez]

I always buy all of my music legally. But I have not bought any piece of music in about 3 years so....

 

[Yuri]

This poll sucks. I rarely download music, and I even more rarely buy CDs.

 

[Lucid]

The govt. is watching this thread.

 

[ríomhaire]

My brother gets most of the music, he downloads little and pays for little (don't you have friend you borrow CDs off?)

 

[Ennui]

I download a lot of music and I buy a lot of music.

It all depends on how much I want to support the artist.

 

[ComradeBadger]

I have a rather large music collection. I started buying CDs fairly recently, and now I have a lot of CDs, but nowhere near my torrented collection.

 

[Murray]

I download it, if I like it, I support it by buying it.

 

[Dalamari]

If I can find a large enough amount of songs by one artist that I like, I buy the album, otherwise I download a few songs here or there.

 

[VirusType2]

I've never downloaded anything illegally. If I don't want it bad enough to pay for it, then I don't want it bad enough to steal it.

I have bought about 200 music CD's and tapes (back in the day).

However, I don't buy music anymore since I can listen to - and record - internet radio, for free. The down-side is that I don't get to choose what they play, and the quality isn't 100%. However, I have a seemingly endless choice of music, and the quality is still very good at broadband radio stations.

www.shoutcast.com

 

[StardogChampion]

I download a lot of music illegally. I never download whole albums, and half the stuff I download are dodgy 80's songs that I would never buy.

If I download 5/6 songs by an artist and like the songs, then I'll go and buy the albums that those songs are on.

 

[Reaktor4]

I buy vinyl and i have more records than mp3s.

 

[swiss]

This poll sucks. I rarely download music, and I even more rarely buy CDs.

Then how do u listen to music, Constantly listen to the radio?

 

[stemot]

I download most of mine using torrents, I usually only buy Oasis records, but the last one I bought was actually the Arctic Monkeys debut, before that Oasis' Don`t Believe The Truth.

I find it hard to justify paying £10 for a cd when the artist will probably see about £2.00 of the actual CD price.

 

[Space Farm]

I used to download illegally but I missed having CD's and the artwork. So I'm buying all my albums again. It's more expensive but worth it.

What's going to happen to your music collection when MP3's are no longer supported? :smoking:

 

[stemot]

I used to download illegally but I missed having CD's and the artwork. So I'm buying all my albums again. It's more expensive but worth it.

What's going to happen to your music collection when MP3's are no longer supported? :smoking:

Use a program to convert them

Besides, mp3`s can be burnt to disc as albums.

 

[Space Farm]

Aye, you can do that but you will loose quality. It might not matter to a lot of people but if you are like me and can't stand the difference then it will matter.

I'm just saying that having CD's is great. I use them as backups. As soon as I buy an album I rip it then store the CD on my shelf. It's great as they are the full bitrate and you will be able to rip to any format in the future. CD's will be around a lot longer than MP3's.

 

[TheSomeone]

Since I'm a classical collector:

Buy the Rare CDs
Download the non-rare ones.