Do you buy CD's?Music 

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Do you buy Cd's?

  • Yes, I always buy Cd's

    Votes: 15 22.4%

  • Yes, but only after dowloading a few songs from the album first

    Votes: 27 40.3%

  • Yes, If it is an artist of which I already own several albums

    Votes: 9 13.4%

  • No, Downloading music is free and much easier

    Votes: 12 17.9%

  • No, I can't afford Cd's

    Votes: 4 6.0%
  • Total voters
    67
Iceman

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With the ease of downloading music off P2P and bittorrent sites, I was wondering how many of you actually buy CD's anymore.

Personally, I buy CD's whenever I am impressed by what I hear, and I really have no problem paying 10-15 bucks for a Cd I know contains great music.
 
well, first off. I am really really against music pirating, and p2p networks. illegal downloading is killing the industry. If you only download music, you are helping the industry die. I know that the industry is still rich, but that wont last long if no one buys music legitimately. I dont download music, I wont steal a cd from the store, Im not going to steal one digitally.
 
I buy music after I found out that it's good. I don't blindly spend my money on an album which I haven't heard before. I especially support independent artists.


People who only download are thieves and assholes in my opinion. The excuse that cd's are too expensive isn't valid anymore. They used to be more expensive, but if you go to websites like cduniverse, you can buy them for $13, which is a fair price for an album.


I won't ever pay for mp3's though. I use mp3's to evaluate an album and then go and buy the physical album in a store.
 
All those people that use "Cds are too expensive" excuse will make cds more expensive. And i forgot to note: im not against downloading music, Im against illegal downloading. Im also against downloads that aren't free. I am only for free legit downloadable songs. (ex: music.download.com www.purevolume.com)
 
I have never ever bought a album in my life. I would like to buy a couple CDs tought but I find dowloading better and its all free.
 
Haven't bought an album for about 4 years.

This p2p thing has made me consume music in a new way, I don't find CD:s attractive as a medium at all anymore. However I would probably buy music online if it was cheaper than it is today and the choises were wider than they currently are.
 
Im against illegal downloading
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The best kind. 99% of free mp3s utterly suck. And the pay sites are about 70+p per song, which is a joke.

If anything, mp3s have made the industry more money off me, as it's allowed me to listen to music I may not have spent money on in the first place. If I like what I've downloaded, I usually buy a cd of them.

The music industry isn't doing as well because most cds are crap these days.
 
Cosmic
I have never ever bought a album in my life. I would like to buy a couple CDs tought but I find dowloading better and its all free.
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...as long as you only listen to music that's in the public domain or given away on the musicians' own website (or other legitimate source).

Otherwise, it's outright theft.
GTJugend
This p2p thing has made me consume music in a new way.
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You mean P2P has made you steal music in a new way. Unless, of course, you only listen to music that's in the public domain or given away on the musicians' own website (or other legitimate source).

Otherwise, it's outright theft.
 
Duke
You mean P2P has made you steal music in a new way. Unless, of course, you only listen to music that's in the public domain or given away on the musicians' own website (or other legitimate source).

Otherwise, it's outright theft.
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Legally it hasnt been a theft here until the 1st of july. So ok, I've stolen 2 albums then. :)

Besides that, yes I see all 50 gigs I sit on as a theft anyway. I bring to mind though one album by a swedish (excellent) band Leif Karate which was downloadable for free from their record compay. However it has never been something I've had trouble to justify to myself. My moral isn't flawless after all.
 
code_kev
If anything, mp3s have made the industry more money off me, as it's allowed me to listen to music I may not have spent money on in the first place. If I like what I've downloaded, I usually buy a cd of them.

The music industry isn't doing as well because most cds are crap these days.
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Excatly my standpoint. Downloading MP3s has introduced me to many new artists I likely wouldn't have bothered with if I had not sampled some of their work first. Otherwise, I would probably have a substantially smaller CD collection than I have now, and I probably wouldn't be half the music fan I currently am. That being said, I'm glad to pay anywhere up to $20 (or more if it's very good music) for albums that are up to my standards.

And I agree with the second point; the industry is suffering right now because damn near everything that comes out is boring, generic crap. That, and there are pretty much no modern bands with instrumental ability up to the standards of the greats from the 60s/70s/80s (with the exceptions of Dream Theater, and possibly Tool).
 
I don't want to spend the money on CDs. I'd rather do stuff like save for college with the money I save on not buying CDs... But I still want to listen to good music with no commercials. Does that make me a bad person?
 
Duke
You mean P2P has made you steal music in a new way. Unless, of course, you only listen to music that's in the public domain or given away on the musicians' own website (or other legitimate source).

Otherwise, it's outright theft.
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Actually I did a research paper on piracy. If you dl a track and delete it after listening to it once, it is contituted as "sampling" (ie not illegal). So he may actually be legal (by deleting it and getting it through legal channels) but enforcement is so vague that it really doesn't matter, you could still, very easily, be sued for it. I actually think encouraging sampling is the best way to curtail illegal downloads. The record companies release a low bitrate track, with ads for the upcoming release and it floods p2p markets, making it harder to find high quality advert free versions. When the cd comes out most are eager for the higher quality version but find that the majority (I don't think they'll ever completely kill off unauthorized version) are low. So they buy the cd.

Right now I p2p a bit, but mostly for things I hear on the radio which I would have to bust my butt to find (alot of the stuff I can't even find on p2p networks) . I'd like to start on itunes, but I could see myself getting out of hand on buying songs. I also like having something tangible in my hands and don't like the idea of frying my hd and losing hundreds of dollars in music.

And when I think about it, I can get a cd for $9 or pay 99cents for each of twelve tracks....
 
I like to buy CDs of bands I already know and like, but Internet made it possible for me to know bands I would never buy a CD from without listening to it a lot first, and some I really like now.

Also I´m buying more music DVDs than CDs lately, which I could also download and burn if I wanted to.
 
I'm not gonna judge people who download music, but I do believe it's wrong. It's not a physical theft, but stealing is stealing. I'm no MR. Innocent either. I've copied CDs before. I buy 99% of the CDs though.
 
xcsti
Actually I did a research paper on piracy. If you dl a track and delete it after listening to it once, it is contituted as "sampling" (ie not illegal). So he may actually be legal (by deleting it and getting it through legal channels)
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I don't have a problem with sampling... if you really SAMPLE. Since he hasn't bought a CD in 4 years, I tend to think he's not sampling... I ca't imagine he hasn't found something he likes in all that time. I had a bunch of Fatboy Slim stuff a friend gave me. I listened to it a few times, decided it wasn't worth buying, and ditched it. No problem.
Ev0
And I agree with the second point; the industry is suffering right now because damn near everything that comes out is boring, generic crap. That, and there are pretty much no modern bands with instrumental ability up to the standards of the greats from the 60s/70s/80s (with the exceptions of Dream Theater, and possibly Tool).
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The thing is, those 'greats' have just stood the test of time. There's a huge volume of boring, generic crap that noone ever hears anymore and has fallen by the wayside. In 1965, 1975, and 1985 there was every bit as much bad music being made as there is today. Today's stuff just hasn't faded away yet.
 
I buy CDs of the artists I like and want to support.

I need the CD quality for my good system, otherwise google has me covered.
 
Ev0
And I agree with the second point; the industry is suffering right now because damn near everything that comes out is boring, generic crap. That, and there are pretty much no modern bands with instrumental ability up to the standards of the greats from the 60s/70s/80s (with the exceptions of Dream Theater, and possibly Tool).
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No way! I do get the point you are making, but I'm pretty sure you've missed hundreds of artists just now.

Duke
The thing is, those 'greats' have just stood the test of time. There's a huge volume of boring, generic crap that noone ever hears anymore and has fallen by the wayside. In 1965, 1975, and 1985 there was every bit as much bad music being made as there is today. Today's stuff just hasn't faded away yet.
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I never realized that before. Thank you. 👍
 
Hell no! why?? I don't want to have to deal with that ****. Beside I'm a singles collector not albums. And my ass $0.99 is not a rip off for one song. :rolleyes:
 
a6m5
No way! I do get the point you are making, but I'm pretty sure you've missed hundreds of artists just now.
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Keep in mind I'm talking about artists that emerged in the 90s or the 00s, not all currently active artists.
 
I buy CDs... But I also download - which has made me buy more CDs.. If I hadn't DL'ed ICP in the first place, I would never have discovered them, and hence, would never have bought the full ICP collection I have today...
 
Im in a financial position (16 year old with a $7.15 an hour job :) ) That I can buy cds all the time. I buy approximately 2 cds each paycheck. I just got the new CKY, and Fall Out Boy. And when you think about it, Paying for cds will be cheaper than when you get sued for using p2p. so how many of you guys saying you only illegaly download, would you physically go to a store, and jack the cd? Becuase that is exactly what illegal downloading is. I dont want my favorite bands to stop making records because people would only download their stuff...
 
I sample albums that I'm intending to buy. If I like them, I buy them, otherwise it's deletion time. I have a stereo that's good enough to make me want the CD even if I have all the tracks sitting on my computer.

Single tracks I buy off iTunes for £0.79. If you don't want to pay £0.79 for a track, you don't really want the track.
 
I buy all the cds and convert them to mp3's and have em on my Itunes all the time. I have a good surround system on my computer, so I really just listen to the computer.
 
Ev0
Keep in mind I'm talking about artists that emerged in the 90s or the 00s, not all currently active artists.
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If I counted artists of all time, then you missed thousands! :D You don't listen to too many genre of music, do you? :p
 
I'll admit, I download allot.

But then I admit that I buy allot.

Downloading either leads me to purchase or delete. Although I find buying files a bit stupid, i'd much rather have the files on some media instead of just a file. I like the fact that more artists are starting to put free songs and Albums up though, I think this is a great way to get exposure.

I need to start ordering cd's off the internet though. Some of the stuff I like is neigh impossible to find in most record shops, well unless I start rooting around in odd ones.
 
I only DL music. I don't buy any. I don't DL much mainstream music, mostly old stuff, and single tracks, never a whole CD. Most new CD's only have one DECENT dong on it anymore. I agree with the statement most music made now adays is utter garbage. "oh, hot new teen with no singing voice? here are some lyrics and a record contract, dont get pregnant!"
 

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