Apr 25, 2006, 11:09 PM
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Do I download? Yes. Is most of the stuff I download illegal to? In general, no. Most of my commonly-available music collection I actually legally own, be it in LP, Cassette, or CD (no 8-Tracks, however). When I download it's either Symphonic Stuff, Wind Ensemble stuff (good luck finding CDs of that), or VGM (not available in America). And the stuff of that that I truly love I often will import to get it legally (example: I have 3 albums by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Symphony - stunning group, I'd buy their entire discography except that it's like 200 albums and they're all $20 apiece to import from Japan)
On the topic itself: Is it illegal to download (copyrighted) music? Of course. Should it be illegal? Of course. Does it help the economy? In my opinion yes. Examples of artists that I first heard through downloading and have ended up buying: Lifehouse, Tokyo Kosei Wind Symphony, Dave Matthews Band, and every piece of VGM I own (that's just a start; there are more as well). Piracy gets music spread around, which in the end is beneficial to the artist.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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Arainach