Downloading music for free? I'd be lying if I said I didn't support it. I enjoy downloading all of these things (but mostly music). It's most definitely convenient for everybody. Personally, I don't really feel bad about downloading it because I still buy CDs. Often I download music to see whether or not I will like it enough to buy the CD (if it's even available), and to find new music. If I do like what I hear, I'll definitely go out and buy it. But the problem is that a lot of the CDs aren't readily available at music stores because they are not mainstream enough, and I don't exactly make online purchases...
Another problem I have is that even if I buy a CD, the major label companies suck all of the profit made from the CDs. Do you even know how much of that $12-$15 actually goes to the artist? Not enough, that's for sure. Because of this, I have extremely mixed feelings about this topic. Which one is the lesser of two evils? Why, without downloading, I probably wouldn't know enough music to be able to buy anything, really. I don't think too much of it, because as I said earlier, yes, I still buy CDs. But not everybody does.
I think that there's more to the problem than just avid music listeners downloading. Perhaps they should re-evaluate where the money actually goes... and also, all of these companies suing people? I think that's nonsense. Might as well sue everybody you know, because nowadays there's hardly anyone who doesn't download "illegally".
Now, software's another question. How on earth am I going to get my copy of Adobe Photoshop CS2?! Not only does it cost quite a bit of money, but it isn't readily available either. Sorry, but I'm not dishing out that much money for it when I can get it for free.
('cause it's always better when it's free...)
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Posted by steph at 8:56 AM |
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