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Mr.Bishop
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Does anyone here use the Itunes store, or Napster to go, or whatever the hell else there is?

I keep arguing with my friends that nobody ever does this, but apparently sales are wonderful for these guys.

What do you guys think?





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Aug 5 2005 8:48AM
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EastCoastPride
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I have a $40 gift certificate to the iTunes music store, but otherwise I don't think I would buy anything from them... why not pay and extra $1.50 at the store and have the actual CD?

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Aug 5 2005 9:11AM
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homestead
Posts: 2493 - Karma: 11
i usually only use itunes when i have a gift card or its the free song on tuesday. i think i have one hundred songs but only 10 did i actually pay for. i have pepsi to thank for that one

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Aug 5 2005 9:19AM
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freeskier824
Posts: 813 - Karma: 11
i use itunes music store for impulsive buys and stuff that i can't find on limewire or torrents.

i used napster for that free trial that they have, i downloaded over 7 gb of music and converted it to mp3 (yes, its possible to convert from pWMA to mp3 with a program called virtuosa). didn't pay a dime for any of that music.

i also use eMusic every now and then. its 20 dollars for 90 downloads, all mp3s. the main reason i use eMusic is because it gives you mp3s, not protected files like itunes which I can't play on my mp3 player.

Aug 5 2005 11:08AM
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jksl
Posts: 12727 - Karma: 854
i use itunes when i have the gift cards, or when i don't feel like waiting a week to get the cd in the mail, i buy a cd on itunes if they have it

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Aug 5 2005 11:15AM
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St.Steezy
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I've never bought music online.

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Aug 5 2005 11:23AM
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hans_aschim
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I buy on iTunes if I can't find what I'm looking for at my local record store.



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Aug 5 2005 11:28AM
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jib-unit00
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i got a free purshase card of one song of MSN music last night at the coldplay concert. i dont plan on using it


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Aug 5 2005 11:29AM
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R-Bertsch
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my friend paid for limewire pro but hes a tool and that program isnt entirely legal even with the pro edition im pretty sure.

Aug 5 2005 11:50AM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
this one girl in my town got sued by the RIAA so I've kinda stopped the illegal downloading. The CD's are really cheap compared to the stores around here (10 instead of 15) so its not that bad a deal. I've bought a couple individual songs too. You can download so much faster from iTunes which makes paying for it a little more worth it.

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Aug 5 2005 12:27PM
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hucker22
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i just buy cds, idk if im gonna keep doin that, prolly cuz then if i dont have my ipod id have to burn a cd and shit

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Aug 5 2005 1:36PM
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jib-unit00
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limewire for a while. ive stopped tho and gotten free cd's off websites and i have a program that i share with 50 of my friends and we all share our cd's


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Aug 5 2005 1:56PM
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freeskier824
Posts: 813 - Karma: 11
paying for limewire pro is dumb when you can go somewhere like torrentspy.com and download it for free, thats what i did

Aug 5 2005 2:02PM
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SkiBumDreams
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i fully plan on buying music that way once i have a real job and can support myself

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Aug 5 2005 2:12PM
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icecreamsandwich
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i only download free music. if im going to buy music, then ill buy it at a show, support the bands and have an actual cd to show for it. im not going to pay to download music. it just seems like a complete waste of money. its not even that cheap.

and also...im poor.


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Aug 5 2005 2:43PM
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Maximumsushi
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Illegal downloads for life.

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Aug 5 2005 2:48PM
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icecreamsandwich
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icecreamsandwiches for life.

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Aug 5 2005 2:52PM
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Lanemeyers
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Maximum downloadable sandwiches 4 lif3 beotches

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Aug 5 2005 3:07PM
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ejoy
Posts: 524 - Karma: 43
I use itunes but don't tend to buy from there that much.

Aug 6 2005 2:07PM
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sketchlinefilms
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i use a wicked program called ares which is 100% free and it gets me whatever i want!

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Aug 6 2005 10:21PM
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agentorange
Posts: 258 - Karma: 10
i still buy cds if its really small and local bands to support them otherwise i dl.

Aug 6 2005 11:10PM
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Matty.
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The funny thing is, you can download Limewire Pro off Limewire.

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Aug 7 2005 12:03AM
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oakjewlery
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itunes every once and a while



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Aug 7 2005 1:05AM
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scofield
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506 beautiful files of pirating music :-)




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Aug 7 2005 2:54AM
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westcoaststyle
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isnt the point of buying an album to get the case, sleeve or whatever and the cd, record, etc? i dont know about you guys, but id rather not spend 20 bucks on something that will just take up space on my hard drive

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Aug 7 2005 4:51AM
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nothanks
Posts: 13551 - Karma: 31
I use iTunes, so if I do end up buying music, I feel loyal to buy from them.

Althought I'm not oft loyal in the music buying game. It's really only if I want a CD I can't torrent or can't get all the tracks on limewire or bearshare.

iTunes sales are phenominal though...



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Aug 7 2005 6:08AM
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Aug 7 2005 6:51AM
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mattyb.
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my friend is weird, with that stuff, he'll look on itunes for a song not find it then dl it on limewire, whatever program he's in the mood for he'll use


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Aug 7 2005 8:27AM
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nilzlet
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i use limewire.....

Aug 7 2005 8:10PM
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Al_Smith
Posts: 643 - Karma: 11
I only buy music if I have a itunes gift card otherwise i just use torrents. I know some rich kids that buy off itunes and they dont even know what limewire is.

Aug 7 2005 8:16PM
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lamp
Posts: 3486 - Karma: 44
yeh, i use limewire too. its the best thing that ever happened to me... besides skiing and newschoolers

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Aug 7 2005 8:55PM
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fulltiltrocker
Posts: 699 - Karma: 167
keep it on the down-low

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let that sink in for a minute
Aug 7 2005 8:56PM
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ArmadaFreerider8
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my friend got limewire pro so I just got the disk from him

Aug 7 2005 9:01PM
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lucyford
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i have about 7000 songs in my itunes, none of which i paid for. if i like an artist or a band enough, i'll buy the cd. but they really don't make that much money off the cds anyways...

support your local artists, and go to actual shows...that's where the revenue lies.

far too fly to stay stationary...


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Aug 8 2005 10:23AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Soulseek is really good too...

With Napster to go, how do they try to manage the rights to the music? Like do the downloads expire, or do you just get as many mp3's as you want?




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The only piece I'll increase is that which deletes your peeps.



Aug 10 2005 10:47AM
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icecreamsandwich
Posts: 3207 - Karma: 25
i use soulseek all the time. its fabulous.
ive tried limewire, winmx, and all those other programs...but they dont even compare.

ive never tried those bit torrent sites though. i dont really know how to use them. :|

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Aug 10 2005 10:48AM
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Tosh
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i have about 500 cds in cases and ive bought 2

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Aug 10 2005 11:02AM
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ng4SWE
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i use aquisition (which is a great program for macs) once in a while, but if i have an itunes gift card or feel like buying a song, ill just do it in itunes.

Aug 10 2005 12:29PM
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triebby
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damn i got to get limewire

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Aug 10 2005 3:42PM
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freestyle_rich
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why would you pay for mp3 songs anyway when you can get them for free? that's like paying for a pair of skis when someone is giving a perfectly good pair away for free.





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Aug 10 2005 3:42PM
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freezed
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actually its more like...why buy a pair of skis when you could steal a perfectly good pair?...but anyways. i buy about half my music, i like to buy cds. but if i dont have any money, i just use bittorrent so i can get full albums.

ill be super rich and own mt.hood and let everybody from ns ski for free... except freezed -hoodratz47
Aug 10 2005 5:02PM
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Bob_Loblaw
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I download shows and shit, but that's legal. I'll buy CDs from itunes. It's just going on my ipod, anway.




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Aug 12 2005 11:25AM
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Jenna1106
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i dont pay for music. i just use limewire.

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Aug 12 2005 12:14PM
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cdnskigirl89
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i go to music world and hmv and use ares

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Aug 12 2005 1:10PM
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arrrggg, Im a music Pirate.

because I like poop.
Aug 12 2005 2:57PM
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D-40
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me and my friends buy cds and just share them with each other, but we buy tonnnnns of cds. i guess i like supporting the guys i listen too

Aug 12 2005 4:13PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
i thought the point of buying music was to get the music, not to get the case.

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Aug 12 2005 11:08PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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it would be more like "Why buy skis when you can steal them?"

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Aug 12 2005 11:10PM
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westcoaststyle
Posts: 4057 - Karma: 31
the album, not music. you can get the music for free. why pay unless the band is struggling or in need of expensive drugs?

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it seems like this stage of life for a lot of people around our age is like when you are playing a video game and you beat the Final Boss, only to find out that it was just a decoy Final Boss and the real Final Boss is ten times stronger. and you used all of your life and special powers on the decoy.
Aug 13 2005 5:37AM
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eastAR5
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word


except if i really really like the artist and they are independant

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Aug 13 2005 6:11AM
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