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Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004
^^ I dont care how you justified illegal downloads... its still illegal and you are still stealing.
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No, I'm not stealing. To steal means to take something from someone away so that he/she doesn't own it anymore. When I download music illegal I don't take any song away from the company. They still own the music.
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Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004
And buy saying 'buying CD's supports the company and not the artist" is one of the weakest points ever.
You really think ayumi would be where she is today if she only sold 1000's of her albums because everyone was downloading it, instead of millions? No. The company invested into her and kept her around because people bought her albums.
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I don't think it hurts the artists that much. 'Cos people don't just download music illegal from one artist. People download illegal stuff from EVERY artist. So there will always be artists who are popular at the moment and will have more sales than others but none of them will have a disadvantage compared to another artist. Because like I said, they are all affected by illegal downloads and the sales of an artist are always relative to the sales of other artists.
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Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004
Sadly the only issue is that people want FREE things.
I dont think its unreasonable to ask for 1.29 or whatever it cost you for a download.
Or if you want to spend 40/50 bucks on that foreign album... foreign companies dont cater to anyone outside their country. And stealing their music because you cant afford to eat and buy everything that you want., well that's called being a GROWN UP. You have to make sacrifices and pick and choose what you can and can not have.
You can't have everything in life.
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No, people don't want only FREE things. But 1,29 is unreasonable for just one song. I don't know how much money you have to spend just for fun things, but a lot of people can't afford this, myself included.
I'm working a lot, way more than my friends, but I always have less money to spend. My friends are just lucky to have wealthier parents than I. I guess that's life and normally I don't complain about that. But music takes a big part in most peoples lifes and I think we all have a right to have a social life. If I wouldn't download music illegal I wouldn't be able to participate in a lot of talks of my friends. Just because I had to decide to buy the album or to buy food or pay my rent. This has nothing to do with being a grown up or not.
More over listening to music is also very important for people seen from an individual and very personal perspective. Music is something that can make us happy, sad, relaxed, cheer us up and more. I guess that's the reason why most artists make music. And if you appreciate the music of an artist and you are buying it here and there within the limits of your financial resources there is nothing wrong with downloading illegal.
And like I said in my previous post, artists also have advantages from people not buying their music but still listening to their music. Most of Ayu's money comes from her tours, not from CD sales. Being able to sell out your tour is way more worth than selling a few more CDs. People quick lose interest in an artist if they don't listening to new material.