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Paying for music..

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anitaskis
Posts: 767 - Karma: 10
Who here actually pays for music that they download and why?

I know it's a little disrespectful to the artist and all but downloading it for free just the same as you buying a CD or movie and letting your friends borrow it.
Jan 30 2007 3:23PM
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eheath
Posts: 61590 - Karma: 122,949
I sometimes go buy albums at the record store, and sometimes i buy albums on itunes, just because its usually a really sick artist (like dl incognito or dr dre) and i want to throw some money their way
Jan 30 2007 3:26PM
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SlickRick.
Posts: 4329 - Karma: 300
pirating is annoying. it takes forever to download a whole album, you can never find all the songs you want, the quality is usually shit, viruses, the list goes on and on
Jan 30 2007 3:27PM
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lorida
Posts: 2833 - Karma: 46
but it's free.
Jan 30 2007 3:28PM
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ninjea
Posts: 2083 - Karma: 28
you mean people actually buy music?
Jan 30 2007 3:29PM
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derick
Posts: 1045 - Karma: 11
1 word piolet the best thing to download on your comp
Jan 30 2007 3:31PM
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eheath
Posts: 61590 - Karma: 122,949
10 bucks vs free

I'll take the easiness of buying it on itunes...
Jan 30 2007 3:32PM
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steezyjibber
Posts: 15967 - Karma: 11,026
we got a richo
Jan 30 2007 3:35PM
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icecreamsandwich
Posts: 3207 - Karma: 25
ive downloaded almost all of the music that i have. i use soulseek, and its incredibly easy to download the whole album without viruses.

if im at a show, i will sometimes buy a cd from the band/artist that way, so the money actually goes to them. very rarely in the past....7 years have i boughten anything from a record store.
Jan 30 2007 3:38PM
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weenox
Posts: 1568 - Karma: 19
i'll just download torrents and spend my $10 on pot.
Jan 30 2007 3:38PM
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leckett1
Posts: 6476 - Karma: 294
really? it takes me about 2 minutes to download full albums and ive never hada virus or anything
Jan 30 2007 3:39PM
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eheath
Posts: 61590 - Karma: 122,949
Ha you're calling me rich because i will spend 10 dollars to get some good music? I guess i could afford that with my 14 dollar and hour job i have. Ahh money, gotta love it. I love how people make fun of kids who are "rich" its unfortunate their parents did better than the kids making fun of their kids.
Jan 30 2007 3:41PM
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user098123
Posts: 6072 - Karma: 18
thats the way to do it, torrents are the way to go
Jan 30 2007 3:49PM
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Dustin.
Posts: 13839 - Karma: 7,704
if you know what to look for you can get the whole real album in about 5 minutes
Jan 30 2007 3:57PM
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unchyll
Posts: 4554 - Karma: 96
why woudl you when you can use bearshare and find stuff that wasnt released on albums that is usualy sicker like most underground rap
rather go spend my money on some herb then burn the herb and listen to my illegal music, makes me feel like a bad ass
Jan 30 2007 4:03PM
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Mezmerize19
Posts: 6475 - Karma: 18
I   buy my albums but steal my music
Jan 30 2007 4:05PM
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.John.
Posts: 6943 - Karma: 14
I have 7400 songs in my itunes. If I had to pay for all my music I would be broke
Jan 30 2007 4:07PM
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wAy2sTeEzY4u
Posts: 5449 - Karma: 20
dude yo take every oppurtunity to brag about 14 an hour dont you?


i download it all pretty much, cause if i buy a cd the quality is good, but its just gonna be worse when i put it on my ipod so it doesnt really matter to me. i usually download single songs on bearshare and use albumshare for a full album i want.
Jan 30 2007 4:08PM
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leckett1
Posts: 6476 - Karma: 294
yea well i get 14.50! OH WHAT NOW!
Jan 30 2007 4:11PM
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Deafboy
Posts: 643 - Karma: 52
I download for freee, cause im a fucken asshole!
Jan 30 2007 4:13PM
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leckett1
Posts: 6476 - Karma: 294
ahahah word
Jan 30 2007 4:15PM
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[fisher]
Posts: 1325 - Karma: 11
www.albumbase.com Best DL site there is, have never had a problem with it
Jan 30 2007 4:29PM
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max.
Posts: 2022 - Karma: 12
same here.


Jan 30 2007 4:50PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
This is what I've been doing lately. I'll hear about a song from someone or from somewhere. I'll go to the iTunes store and check out the 30 second clip. If I like it a lot I'll usually buy it. After a few days of listening to it I'll usually check out other songs by the artist and then illegally download the album.
Jan 30 2007 5:35PM
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skier_boy26
Posts: 11295 - Karma: 502
torrents are a nice way to go, it just sucks trying to find a cd that isnt all that popular, because you cant find shit, but that is when backup means come in handy.
Jan 30 2007 5:39PM
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chapz
Posts: 10182 - Karma: 66
i still use limewire.
Jan 30 2007 5:41PM
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DDrem.
Posts: 3552 - Karma: 24
i buy music from artists i really respect and idolize because they deserve money for thier hard work. they gosta eat
Jan 30 2007 5:41PM
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1080ski
Posts: 4424 - Karma: 191
i download all of my music. i think that if your going to buy, only buy from lesser known bands becvause chances are they have less money than dre/snoop dog or whatever big names you listen too. the lesser known bands need the money more than the well known ones.
Jan 30 2007 6:08PM
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396222687862
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cannot go wrong w/ albumbase, prolly doubled my song count in a month using it.
Jan 30 2007 7:57PM
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mad_540_trix
Posts: 2452 - Karma: 14

luckily for me, I can download albums in about 15 seconds over the LAN at UBC, from anyone who is connected to the residence network and has DC++.  On my floor alone there are several people with 6000+ songs, and one of my friends has every metallica album on his computer.


Yarrr, I'm a pirate.

Jan 30 2007 10:21PM
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eheath
Posts: 61590 - Karma: 122,949
He called me rich so I explained.
Jan 30 2007 10:27PM
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Sharpy
Posts: 7596 - Karma: 19
I make 30 dollars and hour or more with my summer job.  I still download music.  the moment I see snoop or dre or JayZ driving a car worth less than 50Gs is the day I will buy music.
Jan 30 2007 10:30PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 370
but i dont have a cell to register
Jan 30 2007 11:23PM
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nitsua
Posts: 4631 - Karma: 726
i pay for mine cause the quality is better and you dont get virus's
Jan 30 2007 11:37PM
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fukeneh
Posts: 4571 - Karma: 23
i buy everything from iTunes.
album base would be nice, but i can't open .RAR's
oh well, i get high quality music and super fast
Jan 31 2007 12:12AM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
ive got about 10 000 songs on my computer, if i bought them all off itunes @ $1 a song, id be $10 000 in the hole.

BitComet is the shit
Jan 31 2007 12:23AM
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dammitmike
Posts: 2530 - Karma: 24
my buddy is all about music and using bit torrents and his "sources" so i just use aim for file sharing and get most of my stuff from him. its pretty dope he tends to get a lot of cd quality albums months before theyre released. if i need something he doesnt have ive used limewire in the past but im going to check out this albumbase site.
Jan 31 2007 12:29AM
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Schoening
Posts: 14332 - Karma: 1,268
i downlaod through limewire...havn't had any problems.
Jan 31 2007 12:42AM
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lorida
Posts: 2833 - Karma: 46
You could download music of great quality on Torrent.

Your "150 Megawatt" computer speakers make it all sound the same anyways.
Jan 31 2007 12:44AM
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skithebert
Posts: 2163 - Karma: 16
is there a way to sign up without having to do that shitty ringtone offer?
Jan 31 2007 1:35AM
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Ender
Posts: 2348 - Karma: 112
you dont have to do that, just login with what you filled in
Jan 31 2007 1:52AM
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flyinghighagain
Posts: 1069 - Karma: 22
i miss Dc++ so much


burn all the shit u get on dc++ cuz ur guna miss it next yr when u dunt have that residence network
Jan 31 2007 2:08AM
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skithebert
Posts: 2163 - Karma: 16
ah shit you're right. they tried to trick me.
Jan 31 2007 3:10AM
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Abes2009
Posts: 1144 - Karma: 58
haha yea sometimes
Jan 31 2007 8:43AM
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*Fujative*
Posts: 8554 - Karma: 183
every heard of bittorrent?
Jan 31 2007 9:20AM
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Hannah.
Posts: 4625 - Karma: 56
havent a lot of ppl made threads like this one...
Jan 31 2007 10:11AM
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[fisher]
Posts: 1325 - Karma: 11
DC++ is the shit too, i like it better for movies, dl them in like 2 min
Jan 31 2007 1:13PM
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snoopy
Posts: 5240 - Karma: 30
ill occasionally buy an album off itunes, but usually just use limewire.
Jan 31 2007 1:30PM
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Mr_big33
Posts: 45 - Karma: 10
I wouldn't ever buy a big name artist, but little artists that need the support and the money deserve their cred, because they probably actually wrote the song, though i really hate those stupid slips they put in your CD's that are like 'thank you for not pirating', and those anti-download commercials at the movies
Feb 2 2007 8:52PM
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smuggsVT
Posts: 2145 - Karma: 19
hahaha word
Feb 2 2007 9:00PM
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saucybiscuits
Posts: 2554 - Karma: 173
can someone give me a free music website??
Feb 2 2007 9:02PM
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