Originally posted by PackRat:
Originally posted by DJ Capp 911:
Originally posted by RawBurt:
As long as you aren't sharing the music it's not illegal to download.



Completely false, your utilization of the property without paying for it is illegal. If you already own the music and are obtaining a copy in the digital domain that is not illegal. For example, being a hip hop DJ I have 3000+ records. It is a pita to burn them to all to cd so I usually use a site to download them because I already own the "license" to the music. One might argue that if you download it but don't listen to it that you have broken the law, but why would you do that. Look, artists deserve to get paid for their work



[censored] the artists, they should be glad people are enjoying their music instead of trying to cash in. If they want money, they can get real jobs.


I could care less about a lot of the major artists but you have to understand how the industry works. A new band makes it big on their debut album with a major label and sells a million records. They will make about 1-2 million off of that and then you have to split it 5 ways amongst band members. When you start selling 750,000 because internet downloads, suddenly you arent so rich anymore. With peoples tastes constatnly changing, if you cant put out a successful album every year you go broke. What i do like about the internet piracy is that it is forcing artists to really perform again unlike the lip syncing 80's. Touring is where artists are now making most of their money