downloading music

[dubman]

Never had virus from torrents

 

[ianrauk]

another description for torrents... stealing

And a great way to find viruses.

 

[dubman]

I must the entertainment industry has stole alot from me over the years !

 

[alecstilleyedye]

legal/illegal downloads, streaming; we live in an age where the consumer can get the music they want (completely legally) without having to buy a full cd of 2 songs and 8 fillers for £15. what the conceptual difference between copying your mates' cds and records and downloading from a torrent is, i'm not sure. anyone that has done the former and condemns the latter is missing the point.

if i was in ianrauk's shoes, i'm sure i would share his point of view though…

 

[HLaB]

Fran Healy (Travis) said something like, illegal down loads are a good thing it gets your music out there (publicity), . Ive downloaded tracks in the past to see if I like them, if I did then bought the cd; the virus thing always played on my mind though.

 

[dubman]

I have brought some albums after downloading if they are good , there have been stacks of films ive downloaded and have been very pleased i did not pay to watch that shoot

 

[Shaun]

dubman,

What you get up to in your own time is your business, but promoting the downloading of copyrighted music, films, and software illegally is not something I want on CC.

Thanks,
Shaun

 

[Fnaar]

even when iTunes was restricted, all you had to do was burn a CD of the stuff you wanted using the built in tool, and then you could rip that CD back into what ever format you liked.

Fair point... done that a few times too... Is i-tunes unrestricted now then? Wasn't aware, have been using amazon...

 

[rich p]

I've done it! £5 0ff Amazon seems like an acceptable compromise to me for a whole CD.

 

[dubman]

Is it my phone or are my posts disappearing ?

 

[Shaun]

Is it my phone or are my posts disappearing ?

Your porn comment wasn't helpful, so I removed it.

 

[dubman]

Oh ok

 

[potsy]

Fair point... done that a few times too... Is i-tunes unrestricted now then? Wasn't aware, have been using amazon...

yes it is now drm free called i-tunes+ now.
cheeky gets have put a lot of the tracks up to 99p though