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camilleanne 
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Joined: June 29 2009 Location: Philippines Status: Offline Points: 403 |
 Posted: July 28 2009 at 19:40 |
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for me it depends in the quality.
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The planet is fine the people are f**ked.
-George Carlin- |
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Slartibartfast
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Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29630 |
Posted: July 28 2009 at 21:08 |
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Some of what little I have downloaded was available free and wasn't available for sale. I downloaded for pay Radiohead's In Rainbows. Probably paid too much as went out and got a hard copy as soon as it was available. Excellent cover art, by the way. NIN's The Slip I downloaded for free and then bought a hard copy. Same deal with the new Marillion.
I can't cope without hard copies.  Edited by Slartibartfast - July 28 2009 at 23:21 |
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JJLehto
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Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: July 28 2009 at 21:24 |
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That's exactly right. In fact, knowing the albums were good thanks to free listening, I bought 8 CD's today! |
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stonebeard
Forum Senior Member
Joined: May 27 2005 Location: NE Indiana Status: Offline Points: 28057 |
Posted: July 28 2009 at 21:34 |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." |
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topofsm
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Joined: August 17 2008 Location: Arizona, USA Status: Offline Points: 1698 |
Posted: July 28 2009 at 22:44 |
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Generally most music can be found for free, and I buy music, so of course I buy music that can be found for free. Of course, I do set up guidelines. There are plenty of bands (Yes and Pink Floyd) who don't need my money and I probably wouldn't buy their albums anyways, but I do get some of their music online.
That being said, I ALWAYS support lesser known bands. I'm not really sure where the line is for bands who need more support, though I tend to be pretty generous with my money.
The quality has a lot to do with it too. NIN released The Slip for free from their site, and I was dissapointed with it, so I didn't feel the need for a hard copy. I had also acquired a lot of free downloads of individual songs from SOAD's Mezmerize and Hypnotize, yet I still got those albums.
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Slartibartfast
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Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29630 |
Posted: July 28 2009 at 23:22 |
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By the way, the streaming tracks on this site have been tremendously helpful in aiding me to find more new music than I really needed to.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Mr ProgFreak
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Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
Posted: July 29 2009 at 01:03 |
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 Isn't that a bit hypocritical? I mean, either you like the songs (then you should buy them) or you don't (then you shouldn't). I hope you are aware that today you can also buy single tracks.BTW: If you only like some of the tracks of an album that doesn't necessarily mean that the other tracks are crap ... and it certainly doesn't mean that the artist doesn't deserve to get paid for them. |
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progkidjoel
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Joined: March 02 2009 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 19643 |
Posted: July 29 2009 at 02:20 |
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I'll always buy music...
I did a fair bit of downloading in my day, but not anymore. I don't think its "Stealing", but I would rather support an artist through buying CD's. And Yes - I understand they get very little of what I pay. -Joel |
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Passionist
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Joined: March 14 2005 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 1119 |
Posted: July 29 2009 at 03:31 |
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To me it's about the quality. I mean, I have In Rainbows by Radiohead, which I got for free because it was so easy. Truth be told this was the first album I got from Radiohead, so I was no fan, what-so-ever, and never quite got into them through it, as people saay it's not the album to use for that. Later on I bought OK Computer. then I got Marillion's new album because it was also free and easy to acquire. And I didn't know wherther it was going to be good or bad, frankly the "hit-song" wasn't all that good. But once I listened to it some, 30 times in a row i was quite sure I wanted to buy it. As the cd that is, I wanted it with the covers and on better quality. Simple Edited by Passionist - July 29 2009 at 03:32 |
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topofsm
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Joined: August 17 2008 Location: Arizona, USA Status: Offline Points: 1698 |
Posted: July 29 2009 at 04:17 |
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Also, keep in mind that Radiohead made more off of In Rainbows than of any other album. I feel no guilt whatsoever by not paying anything for that album.
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Mr ProgFreak
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Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
Posted: July 29 2009 at 05:21 |
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^ you may not feel guilt, but the fact remains that if all the other fans did like you did, they would not have made any money with the album - at least through that new, experimental channel.
My point is: If an artist offers an album free of charge but asks for a donation, and you download the album for free and find that you like it a lot ... then you should make a donation. |
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Anaon
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Joined: September 01 2005 Location: Kobaļa Status: Offline Points: 849 |
Posted: July 29 2009 at 08:12 |
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Thank you all! Your opinions are really interesting!! Please continue to vote
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A Person
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Joined: November 10 2008 Location: __ Status: Offline Points: 65760 |
Posted: July 29 2009 at 09:36 |
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I do the same, but the problem for me is that the amount of music I want to buy is larger than the amount of music I can buy. |
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StyLaZyn
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Joined: November 22 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4079 |
Posted: July 29 2009 at 09:38 |
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I will buy the indiviual songs, but if I bought the CD, I want my money back.
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Okocha
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Joined: July 13 2007 Location: Greece Status: Offline Points: 681 |
Posted: July 29 2009 at 09:43 |
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I only buy vinyl records.....
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Anaon
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 01 2005 Location: Kobaļa Status: Offline Points: 849 |
Posted: July 30 2009 at 06:38 |
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I should have added this option
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progkidjoel
Prog Reviewer
Joined: March 02 2009 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 19643 |
Posted: July 30 2009 at 06:40 |
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Perhaps a CD budget? 
or patience! |
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tamijo
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Joined: January 06 2009 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 4287 |
Posted: July 30 2009 at 07:02 |
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Debating illigal actions on a puplic forum
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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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The Sleepwalker
Prog Reviewer
Joined: February 03 2009 Location: The Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 15141 |
Posted: July 30 2009 at 07:55 |
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I don't do illegal dowloads, it's a matter of morals and laziness. I like to have a hard copy of the album, definitely if an album has a very interesting or special artwork. If a band releases an album as a free legal download, I don't see no reason to not download it though. So, my vote goes to the first option.
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Mr ProgFreak
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Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
Posted: July 30 2009 at 08:48 |
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^ that's a problem with this poll ... I'm not sure whether it refers to legal downloads.
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