Comments on: How not to get caught downloading illegal MP3′s and music

By: Daie

Daie — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:58:56 +0000

Every artist i enjoy listening to is dead, so basically i am not stealing someone’s life earnings because you don’t need bread and water when you’re six feet deep.

By: Kevkunx

Kevkunx — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:11:53 +0000

Okay, people, it is 2010. Millions upon millions of people are downloading illegal music as we speak, including myself. There are too many of us committing the crime for all of us to be prosecuted. So far I haven’t been caught, none of my friends have been caught, and no one I’ve ever known has been caught. Yes my friends, there is power in numbers.

By: Mike Oakes

Mike Oakes — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:28:10 +0000

Silly question – is it illegal to download songs which I already hold the original album/CD/Tape to? I could easily make an MP3 of any of them but would rather download one that I do not have to convert to MP3?

Lazy, yes, but is it illegal? I have over 1000 albums on vinyl CD and tape.

Oakleaf

By: Hollie

Hollie — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:21:06 +0000

I have received a letter from a record company demanding £295 for a song I apparently downloaded back in October. Now, as you can tell by the currency I used there I am in fact in the UK and British. What I’m not getting, is the fact that I didn’t receive any warning letters, and also if a friend gives you a cd to borrow and you upload the songs onto your iTunes or whatever it’s exactly the same process. You’re taking music from a friend, and giving it back to them. This friend then gives the cd to another friend and the same process happens again. It’s absolutely ridiculous that these companies sending out these letters are getting away with doing this. Who the hell has a spare £300 in this economy?! No one I know anyway! Not only this, but if this company who have sent this letter to me are successful in trying to sue me, it just paves the way for other record companies to follow suit. It’s absolutely outrageous.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:17:00 +0000

If you are caught downloading songs off Limewire, Frostwire, Utorrent and all them other programs, is it true the artist will let you off, if you pay like about $150 to them, and they say you have to keep them to your self, or we will sue you

I Was told by another article about this through google, can you please email me the answer to this question at mattzo101@hotmail.com

Thanks, Matthew

By: soccerman

soccerman — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:12:09 +0000

How do they catch you in the first place? This is always something i’ve wondered. I don’t download illegally, but im really curious.

By: somebodddyyyy

somebodddyyyy — Sun, 16 May 2010 23:53:06 +0000

There are a lot of arguments in this article that make sense about not buying music, but my personal arguement is that I currently have 2,000 songs, and if I would have paid for those on itunes, that would have been friggin 2000 DOLLARS!!!! ARE YOU NUTS!?!?!?!? The most money I have ever had at one point was 127 dollars. I hardly ever earn very much money. Th price of music is just outrageous. If you like a band, go see them live to support them, they hardly make any money from selling music, record companies are really greedy.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:56:55 +0000

I just use FreeStudio to rip mp3′s of music videos off of youtube, it is free and simple to do, and Youtube has way more music than p2p programs, a hell of alot more in fact. Ive built a huge library of music just from ripping them off of videos, but I dont share with anybody, its my private library .

By: Blanka

Blanka — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:33:33 +0000

Anyone stealing music should feel ashamed. Music is so cheap nowadays, I don’t understand why it needs to be stolen. Just pay for it like you pay for everything else.

By: Lo

Lo — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:56:27 +0000

What a crappy article. Why don’t you mention real alternatives? People, please search for real alternatives, you shouldn’t have to lower your standards or tastes in music, sharing is caring and it’s 100% natural, even sentient <3

By: Iza

Iza — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:44:43 +0000

Respect music and the legends that make it…buy the music.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:22:36 +0000

I used to illegally download music in college, but now I just buy my music. I’m not really sure why, but it’s 99 cents for a song, so it’s like I can do that to help the artist out, especially if it’s a new or small band.

By: CaNDY

CaNDY — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:25:55 +0000

Well u can use a playlist and just play a song u like all the way through, then wait 5 seconds and go to temporary internet files look for a music file and copy it to zune music files or windows media or just music and name it there u go;) no way to get in trouble

By: GT

GT — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:31:44 +0000

Okay the way I see it is like this; They have been selling a defective product for years.. Can you think of anything else on the market that breaks scratches or skips so easily? I can put a cd in the case with wool mittens and a guarantee you it will be scratched by the 3rd or 4th play regardless, and they first marketed CD’s as indestructible. So I pay $20 for a POS that I know is going to be messed up after a few plays. Oh and why can a record store sell a whole used cd for less than a dollar? Very confused.

By: David L

David L — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:06:05 +0000

I’ve downloaded quite a few mp3s in my time – and sometimes I’ve bought the albums later.

I’ll go and buy music that’s worth buying. I won’t keep music that’s not worth keeping. Try before you buy.
Don’t tell me there’s such a thing as radio, radio is rubbish these days. And where I live, the net is too slow for streaming internet radio.

Artists just have to be good enough. That’s all. The era of people rushing out to buy the latest overplayed, crappy, commercial hit that will be forgotten in 3 months time is ending.

Of course, if you download, and keep, and never pay – you are a thief.