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cuncuna

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Posted: October 16 2006 at 22:56

To fill them with MP3...

¡Beware of the Bee!

MikeEnRegalia View Drop Down

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Posted: October 17 2006 at 02:45

space_craft wrote:

Name me a poor musician...who has been robbed(?) by illegal downloads?

Most modern prog artists. As long as you're not selling millions of albums (like Pink Floyd, Yes and Genesis did), you are millions of miles away from the "MTV Cribs" type of lifestyle.

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Posted: October 17 2006 at 02:50

How odd...this topic is linked to the closing of the Tower Records topic...it's like a concept, uh, not an album. Thingy.

"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson

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Posted: October 17 2006 at 03:22

MikeEnRegalia wrote:

space_craft wrote:

Name me a poor musician...who has been robbed(?) by illegal downloads?

Most modern prog artists. As long as you're not selling millions of albums (like Pink Floyd, Yes and Genesis did), you are millions of miles away from the "MTV Cribs" type of lifestyle.

Yup.

Certif1ed

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Posted: October 17 2006 at 03:37

space_craft wrote:

Nmae some musicians who have been made poor by downloading, and i'll show you 100 groups who didn't.

No-one has been made poor by downloading - that is NOT the issue.

Musicians have not been receiving money that's due to them because of downloading - downloading music without the artist's permission is STEALING.

STEALING is what Record companies have been doing from musicians for generations - are you now saying that it's time the general public got in there for a piece?

The only musicians that will remain will be the ones that the Record companies sponsor if that is the case, as no-one will be able to make an honest living out of music.

For every rich musician you can name, there will be at least 100 poor ones. The fact you've never seen a poor musician clearly proves that you've never been a musician.

Being a musician is like being a professional lottery player.



Edited by Certif1ed - October 17 2006 at 03:37

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

superprog

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Posted: October 17 2006 at 03:45

if not sure abt the music or no money go ahead and download.

but once u do like it and have cash in hand pls rem to put it back in the hands of those who live off their work or who have expended considerable effort to bring u such art for yr pleasure................

moral: be not the cheap sh*t and respect music and musicians

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Posted: October 17 2006 at 03:46

Progarchives does not support, condone or encourage illegal downloading of music.

The site rules make it clear that illegal activity is not acceptable in this forum, nor is the facilitating or encouraging of illegal activity.

This thread has been closed on the basis of legal advice received.