Illegally downloaded music?

[Jdeadevil]

Yo, im coming to the states in dec just before christmas, what state u in, im going to miami area

Hey lucky you!

 

[Johnhg7]

Escape the cold. lol
It can get to -10f in the winter in chicago

 

[gunners-4-life]

Thats cold here Im avoiding around -10 celsius temps which is 14F

 

[Phillysoul11]

Now now children, play nicely....

 

[Johnhg7]

Yes mr. philly

 

[gunners-4-life]

Sorry Uncle Philly, lets here a story about when you were a child

 

[Phillysoul11]

well well, lets see ahh I remember one
once apon a time there was a naughty young boy names gunners for Johnhg
he was killed by his mother
the end
its a sad story children but it has a moral
DONT BE A JERK! OR ILL FRIGGAN HAVE YOUR MOM KILL U! lol

 

[Johnhg7]

Im gonna have nightmares tonight of some avatar float towards me with a knife and when it moves it hands vampire teeth will suck my brains out.

Thanks philly

 

[hockeyhero]

whoa.. this thread went so off-topic..

 

[Jdeadevil]

well well, lets see ah I remember one
once upon a time there was a naughty young boy names gunners for John
he was killed by his mother
the end
its a sad story children but it has a moral
DONT BE A JERK! OR ILL FRIGGAN HAVE YOUR MOM KILL U! lol

Never work in a nursery! Or a childrens hospital for that matter!

 

[Johnhg7]

whoa.. this thread went so off-topic..

So... a mod helped it get there...

 

[gunners-4-life]

Yeah, lol errm well what do any of you think?

 

[Johnhg7]

About what?

 

[a-l-i]

Research conducted by the University of Hertfordshire has uncovered that 48% of the music stored on the average digital music player has been downloaded illegally. The figure rises to almost 80% amongst teenagers. The extent of illegal downloading by one of the largest survey of youth music ownership has shocked the industry, which is struggling to cope with declining CD sales.

Former Undertones front man Fergal Sharkey and now Chief Executive of British Music Rights said "I was one of those people who went around the back of the bike shed with songs I had taped off the radio the night before. But this totally dwarfs that, and anything we expected." His comments certainly seem to reflect a growing trend, as CD sales declined by 10% in 2007.

The study also shows:

63% of people illegally download

Just 15% of respondents are persuaded not to upload because of the risk of getting caught

95% engage in some form of copying

Have you ever downloaded a track to your ipod illegally and if so how much of your music collection does it account for?

I came across the other day and do you pay for music. Personally I have paid £10 for one CD since I was 8 and I have since never paid for a song, all illegally downloaded. Dont get me wrong but I dont pay for two reasons

1. I have very little money
2. Ethical issues, I pay more money for fairtrade products so why should I give money to greedy music producers

I have a poll and once again it isnt public so have confidence and vote

I Cannot agree more and I know alot of teens and kids who do so

 

[Phillysoul11]

most everybody who has access to a computer has downloaded music illegally, whether it be one two or 100 songs differs but I think that most everybody does or has done it...not justifying it or anything, merely pointing out that it happens