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Offline Glanceblamm

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Just Browsing
« on: July 03, 2008, 02:40:13 AM »
Hello all,
I just stopped in for a look-see and found Musical Devises post by cheeshead to be quite interesting. One of my favorites was that old am-fm portable radio with the antenna that was 3' long...These were great till that antenna got snapped off but then you would just keep listening to it ;D ;D

The big revolution for myself was when they put a recordable cassette deck on the radio. Free downloads and the digital age was started, all before 1970!
This really did rub me the wrong way when it was outlawed with hefty fines happening in the 90's...I really never did do much downloading, especially with a dialup connection.
My Question Is should these download sites ever have been outlawed?
Does Madonna really need your Dollar?
If Yes,
Do you really have any right to make a copy of a disk you purchased at a store to personally give to a friend or neighboor?

This really does rub me the wrong way considering the overall technology that has been around for all these years. By rights, it should be illegal to copy songs from the public radio to disk or tape?
My main gripe (like everyone else) is that a Store disk might only have a couple of songs on it that you really like.
My Rant Is Done Now...I guess that a dollar per song from the legal sorces really isn't too bad but I don't use any of them cause I am a hard head and can hold a grudge for a long time.
Any Thoughts?

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Re: Just Browsing
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2008, 06:22:36 PM »
Emotions are definitely mixed on this issue...and both sides feel they are right.

So, my side of the coin is this. As long as the person whom the music comes from gets the credit for it, I see no problem in public domain/public distribution/free music. The use of Napster and Limewire should be permitted for such use. As long as when you listen to a song, you know who the artist(s) is, then I don't feel there should be any issue. It's a matter of publicity on this behalf; maybe if the listener likes what he or she hears, they will purchase a CD to listen to around the house or in the car. Maybe it's music from an up and coming artist and they just need the publicity before the money. These are just only some of the reasons why music should be allowed for free download/access.

On the flip side of the coin, however - suppose no one goes out and buys CD's? They just continually download album after album of every artist on the face of the earth? Eventually their music would be devalued to nothing. This would mean the artists going broke (hard to imagine but just think about it) and no longer being able to make the music they make at the rate they do now, eventually not being able to do it at all. Music isn't all about money, but when top rate studios want $100 or more per hour for recording time, how can artists possibly afford to keep recording? Let alone living period? It's just a matter of survival when it comes to record labels and paying for CD's and music. I personally don't find many CD's outrageously expensive as it is...some are, but for the most part I feel that CD's are reasonably priced.

Either way, until it is made legal, it is still illegal; whether we like it or not. Being an active composer, I struggle all the time with public domain and copyright issues...it's the same sort of deal.
JP

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