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Other Topics => Polls => Topic started by: MeganJane on July 07, 2006, 02:48:27 am
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What do you do when there's a CD you really want?
This is a big issue for the music industry, and the consumer.
For example, if you enjoy Vanessa Carlton's music, but don't buy a CD (or dowload legally), you are essentially cheating Vanessa.
However, if you don't have a lot of money to buy CD's, prices are often seen as too high, and it seems like the record companies and stores are asking for people to dowload illegally, or just burn CD's off their friends.
I have lost jobs at four different CD and DVD retail stores, for the sole reason that there is not enough work to go around. I am very good at the work I do. Hours keep getting cut because companies' profits are down significantly.
This issue affects everyone.
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I have to say though, that with bootlegged live recordings, (most of my favourite VC tracks are of this variety!) I believe that while it is not actually legal for these recordings to be made in the first place (although I must say that I am very glad they were!), seeing that they do exist, they should be shared freely. I say this because, if they were not, bootleggers would burn CD's and sell them, making money off Nessa's talent, without her getting a cent. I've seen it on eBay. These people are not entitled to make money from selling songs/recordings that they do not own any rights to. There are more issues though...
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you gotta do it the legal way...
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Foshizzle. If it's an actual album or EP then I'll buy it legally. I like having all of the artwork and such. If it's a song that's live or such and there's nowhere else you can get it, then I'll download it.
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If I know about it before it comes out, I try to get it at Best Buy on release day so it's a decent price. If not, I usually wait for BMG Music Service to get it so I can get it as one of my "free" CDs (that I actually have to pay $3.04 shipping & handling for). :idea:
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If its a cd i really want, and have been waiting for then I go out and buy it from Best Buy. If not I download a particular song off of bear share.
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Best Buy is Sexii.
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Really? what about it is sexually appealing or stimulating?
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If it is someone I really like, I'll buy it. Even if my friend sends me the CD and then I like it, eventually I'll go buy it.
I generally do condone getting imports from other countries (eg: Australia, Canada) from friends ('cause as much as I :heart: Brooke Fraser I sure as hell wasn't going to pay like $40 to import the CD... I waited until I could get it for $10 :lol:) and being able to get random tracks from people if I like an artist, but in general if I really like the CD or the artist I will buy it.
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Imports are wonderful things!
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I only buy the one's that I REALLY WANT... and Vanessa's Cd is the next one...
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I like to buy original cds, but it becomes really expensive, so I only do it when I'm a fan.
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For artists like Vanessa, Joss, Norah or any other artist that I really like I will ALWAYS buy the album. I usually burn a copy of the original to take around with me so I don't have to worry about the wear and tear to the CD.
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yeah, me too. I don't want my precious Metallica CD's getting scratched!
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Very few of the CD's I like can be bought in Denmark, so I always get them imported from England, which is quite expensive. But if I want the whole CD, I always buy it, while if I on the other hand only want one or two tracks, I usually just download them.
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If it's an artist i really want to support, i'll buy the whole cd, but if it's just a song i like from an artist i'm not really a fan of i'll either buy it off iTunes or find it on the internet.
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my rule of thumb is if I have illegally downloaded 3 songs from one CD, then I'll buy it.
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my rule of thumb is if I have illegally downloaded 3 songs from one CD, then I'll buy it.
that's a cool rule of thumb :)
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thanks! my thumb has been burning a whole in my pocket lately though :?
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thanks! my thumb has been burning a whole in my pocket lately though :?
I know that feeling! :(
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i always buy a copy, i live buy cd!
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well if its someone I really like than I buy the album. But if its an artist that I like but not as much and there are only a few songs than I just download the ones I want.
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i use itunes till i can afford it :D
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I download tons of music. I know alot of people in various online communities, and I usually get albums the moment they leak. The only artists I will support 100% by buying their merchandise is M.I.A. and Buckethead, mainly because they are more obscure artists and need financial support from fans, although I do usually buy U2 albums, and will buy Guns n Roses Chinese Democracy if/when it gets released.
I am at the point where I despise Cd prices. The industry has been ripping off customers for years, and I just dont have any interest in financing their empire. Cds should be 5 bucks. No more, no less. They would make money, not rip off fans, and cd sales would go up.
There's not much incentive to pay 15 bucks for a cd when you can download it for free.
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I used to buy cds when I could afford them. I used to download illegal copies from the internet when I couldn't afford to buy and then buy the cd later by budgeting them unto my low budget to do so. I used to own a small cd collection of classical music of about 150 cds and growing...but because my place is small I'll probably start to download whole cds onto my hard drive instead of having a stack of cds somewhere in my place to save space. Any difference in price is not the reason....but because of organizing space. Unless I like the art in the cd case or it is the only way to have a legit copy of the music...like small artists who sell on cdbaby and there is no other option. Even if I had a big place it makes sense to store it on my hard drive.
That is where I'm at right now.
I'll most likely be buying H&T on cd though.
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I buy the actual cd for someone I like..like V. But I hate it because I put it on my iTunes and than my iPod. Than the CD just sits there minus the ocasional times I pick it up to see the artwork. Plus sometimes they can be wayy to pricy and I don't get the cd until weeks after the album comes out. But over here where I live latley when a new cd comes out....see there are like 6-8 electronic stores out here that are close by....so when a new cd comes out they like compete. One store has it for like 10 and another for 12 and they just compete. I of course go to where it is lower but than the artist does not get the full price of the cd...its all one big mess....
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I only buy if its one of my fav artists.
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I can just see trying to go up to an artist after a show and asking them, "Will you sign my digital download?" :lol:
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Well, i'll probably have to download Vanessa's new album [like Harmonium], because she didn't release harmonium here in aus. So if she does release H&T here, i'll probably get the leaked version 1st, but still buy it coz i love V <3
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I usually download the album first to see what it sounds like. If there's only two or three good songs, its not worth spending $20. But if it's anything Vanessa releases, i would defintely buy it. I have A Thousand Miles, Ordinary Day, Be Not Nobody and Harmonium, don't have White Houses though. :(
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I get my music in a semi-legal way. I pay the $1 per track through the Wal Mart music store, and then I download the actual music from Limewire (which game me tons of viruses)
The reason is, the WalMart music store songs wont work on my mp3 player anymore, because they "expired" or something =/
but the limewire ones do work.
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Definitely but it if it is my fav artist! 8)