I say true fans buy the artist's cd. I mean come on that artist took the time and money to make great songs and then people steal them off the internet. They want to get paid just like everyone else and that is by people buying their cd's. I think it's wrong to download and it's getting worse now. Like I said true fans want the real cd and all the artwork and thought put into creating the pictures and books that come with that cd. Buy cd's people stop stealing.

Finda stores with used CDs. There are some places by me that has them as low as $3 for a full album. New, old, whatever. I don't have a problem with people copying them or downloading music, but I don't and buying used stuff is cheap enough to stay legal.

If you sold your computer you could afford to buy CDs...

what about all the kids who cantbuy the cd's? it's the only way i get calm when im angry but i dont have money to buy cds i want.so i download them, i mean, f they werent so high in prices, we wouldnt a have to burn them.
so ya its not the best way but its away2 keep most kids from killing som1.

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They dont like it, then change

I feel very little for overpaid, complaining music artists these days. The majority of their money doesnt come from cd sales. Most are spread out from clothing lines to concerts. If the music industry and stores really want to stop downloaders they're going to have to
A) come down on the price consumers have to pay for one cd-lets say $5. This may seem like they are losing money, but in reality, it'd make more people buy cds and in turn generate more money
OR
B)make better music so that the listener would like more than just 1 song on the album. I'd have no problem buying all my cds, if I knew I was going to like every song on it. If one of my favorite artists comes out with a cd, and I know that I've always liked their albums, I go out and buy that cd. Its that simple.

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I agree with CinnamonQueen16 ALLL the way.

I used to donwload songs but my kazaa doesn't work so oh well.
I just pay my dad to get someone to make cds for me.
If cds were a BIT cheaper, I'd buy a whole lot more.
I get about 1 or 2 cds a month.
Sometimes you only like one song and who wants to pay $12-15.00 for a cd that only has ONE song you like?
I wish artists put out more singles like they used to and made them cheaper. I went to Samgoody and there was a Mya single with 4! FOUR songs on it and it was $8.00!!!!Ridiculous.
Anyway.....cds should be a bit cheaper.

Music is art correct?

Shouldn't art be free to the public?

This just goes to prove that musicians are only in it for the money.

well, I'm not BUYING another CD. I could care less if Metallicia can't afford their own Polynesian island anymore.

It's not like their going to go broke. They're pretty much set for life after 1 concert.

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Its wrong but I think its ok to do

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say wuh?

Everybody who downloads music thinks it's ok to do, in the same way that everyone who lies on their income tax returns think it's an ok thing to do. If you were on the LEGAL side of this issue, you would think differently.

It's amazing that all the youthnoise members who seem so intellectually, morally, and legally inclined jump to the illegal side of this issue, merely because they're benefitting from it's illegality.

I feel very little for overpaid, complaining music artists these days. The majority of their money doesnt come from cd sales. Most are spread out from clothing lines to concerts. If the music industry and stores really want to stop downloaders they're going to have to
A) come down on the price consumers have to pay for one cd-lets say $5. This may seem like they are losing money, but in reality, it'd make more people buy cds and in turn generate more money
OR
B)make better music so that the listener would like more than just 1 song on the album. I'd have no problem buying all my cds, if I knew I was going to like every song on it. If one of my favorite artists comes out with a cd, and I know that I've always liked their albums, I go out and buy that cd. Its that simple.

my dad used to download music 4 me before he knew it was illeagle. though we still bought cds back then. i think downloading music is ok, but i don't do it anymore b/c it's illeagle. i wish i wasn't, though!

I download off kazaa but i dissabled sharing so i dunno if thats illeagal, cuz i heard that downloading is fine as long as you don't share files but i don't care any way cuz i dont think they are really gunna enforce it too much anyway, i mean they arnt gunna track down every kazaa user and sue them because i mean it would take a while >(3,208,261 users online, sharing 572,003,180 files(4,393,600 GB))< they might sue a handful of people but what are the chances of being one of them

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Well, I've downloaded music once in a while and all this suing business is getting me paranoid. Lol...

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All you gotta do to cover your a$$ is .disable sharing with other users. IIRC, it's called exactly that in KaZaaLite. If you want to share, most file-sharing programs also have a feature that prevents other people from seeing the contents of your shared folder, but you are at some risk of getting busted. KaZaaLite also has a feature that blocks connections to known RIAA-owned services.
The other way to CYA is to either use KaZaaLite (since it doesn't contain all the adware and spyware that KaZaa, Grokster, Morpheus, and the others have), or use regular KaZaa and run K-Diet on it, then use both Ad-Aware and SpyBot to strip out all the parasites. Doesn't work for Grokster, iMesh, etc. - you are stuck with the spyware.
FWIW I'm not into filesharing, but this procedure is recommended by most security experts.

I load music for free if I know what song I want. If its only one song on the CD that I want then I'll make a CD but if there are at least 4 songs that are good then I'll go to a store and buy it. If I have no idea who the artist/band is but I think they are cool then I will buy their CD but sometimes I can't afford to buy a CD and its much more convenient to download it for free. Sure it lowers CD sales but I still buy CD's.

Wow, nice random semi-coherent St. Lunatics reference. Wanna talk about Chingy now?

I dont download everybodies CD. I will never download the St. Lunatics CD cuz all of my money goes to them. But of course i wanna at least know wether its worth my money

Have you noticed that most of the music stars that are really mad that people download their music are waaaaaaay more than financially stable? and those that think it's cool their music is heard by so many people aren't quite as high up? Some people can't afford CD's at all and if these record labels are suing them major bucks to get money that will disappear as soon as their clients go out and buy the new mercedez beinz, than really I'm tired of watching the inside out of 5 different cars everytime MTV cribs is on. Just my thoughts, not really a side at all.

Well, I've downloaded music once in a while and all this suing business is getting me paranoid. Lol...
I personally don't think there's anything wrong with downloading music and I don't see why the musicians have anything wrong with it. They want fans who like their songs right? They should be blaming the people who price CDs instead of the people who download music.

I wouldn't say that artists are "so incredibly hard-set against downloading." If you go to record industry websites where they list artists who are against downloading, the list basically consists of Eminem and FIVE HUNDRED COUNTRY ARTISTS minus Willie Nelson, the only good one. Meanwhile, Radiohead, Public Enemy, Moby...and...you know...everyone good is in some degree accepting of MP3s and apathetic about the record industry.
Don't listen to the RIAA if it says artists won't like you if you download. Thom Yorke doesn't care.

Though maybe buy Beulah's CDs. And Egghead's.

Its never "all about the music". bands have to receive money to continue producing and playing their music for the public. however, i think some of the real "robbers" are the musicians and music industry big-wigs. It costs something pathetic like 16 cents (dont quote me on that) to make a cd and maybe another $1.25 for the cover and case~ yet these companies sell them for $10-$20 a pop. Furthermore, i dont understand why musicians are so incredibly hard-set against downloading. They receive absolutely diddle from the sales of cd's. They make their bucks on tours and merchandise. If anything, downloading music encourages people to support the "underground bands" (and even the huge popular bands) that perhaps need recognition they aren't finding in mass-media stores like sam goody, etc. Being able to freely download music enables kids to go and check out a band they've only heard one song of and barely remember the band name. In addition, i raise the question: how is downloading music much more different than just taping or recording a song off of the radio? true, radio stations pay for those songs to play them but in most cases, a lot of the songs being downloaded are from cd's that people have BOUGHT and are now sharing. I agree with the music industry that the PURCHASE of burned cd's or people making a business out of selling burnt cd's is wrong. but do they really need to pick on the individuals that just want to hear great tunes without having to pay for the incredible amount of cd's we would have to buy? (and the insurance you'd want to buy for the 365 albums you bought to hear one or two songs) this isn't about "justice" or making an example.. this is just the music industry not being able to deal with a good ole saying: "what goes around, comes around" they've been screwing people out of hard-earned cash for a LONG time.. and now, they cant handle a few cents being taken from their already full pockets.