Free Music Downloading

[rossporterlc]

i can see why they do it but surely we should be spared our money from buying albums that are total crap, if i had downloaded an album that was top quality i wouldn't mind then going out and spend £10 buying it. what's your opinions? (sorry i didn't put this in music discussion)

[Wilson]

If albums were cheap i'd buy them, aint gonna spend £10 on an album which is crap, wouldn't buy a single either.

[Stuliasz]

If it was made legal, money that could be made in the music industry would drop significantly and no-one would enter or stay in the business as there would be no money to be made. This would cause standards to drop and then there wouldn't be any free music worth downloading.

[filbertway]

Have to agree sheffield, however i think they should lower the prices of singles and albums, this way people wouldn't have to download songs.

[Stuliasz]

Yes I forgot to mention, the prices of singles especially is just crazy.

[Nationwider]

Of course it shouldn't be free. <_< By the same logic, they should make clothes, cars and holidays free. What right do we have to just take something without paying? It's just shoplifting in another guise.

If you like a new band, buy the cd, or download legally. If you download illegally, the record company gets no money from the sales and the band gets dropped. If you can't afford it, wait for it to come down in price. Most cds in HMV are reduced to about £5-8 after a few months.

As for singles, iTunes singles are all 79p. Yes, you only get one track, not the b-sides, but if you're a fan, you'll buy the packaged cds whatever.

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