i still use soulseek. torrents are for tossers and wankers.

I used to do that shit back in the napster days, but I've changed my mind. I mean, I've always bought music and gone to shows to support artists (I have hundreds of records and CDs), but I did download for a while. I won't preach at you, but I encourage you to look at the letter that David Lowery (Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker), a professor of the economics of the music industry, wrote to NPR's "All Songs Considered" host (can't remember her name) when she announced on the radio she has never paid for an album. The letter is incredible, and will easily sway you if you have any sort of respect for the art of music composing and performance (or it should anyway).

I used to do that shit back in the napster days, but I've changed my mind. I mean, I've always bought music and gone to shows to support artists (I have hundreds of records and CDs), but I did download for a while. I won't preach at you, but I encourage you to look at the letter that David Lowery (Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker), a professor of the economics of the music industry, wrote to NPR's "All Songs Considered" host (can't remember her name) when she announced on the radio she has never paid for an album. The letter is incredible, and will easily sway you if you have any sort of respect for the art of music composing and performance (or it should anyway).

I used to do that shit back in the napster days, but I've changed my mind. I mean, I've always bought music and gone to shows to support artists (I have hundreds of records and CDs), but I did download for a while. I won't preach at you, but I encourage you to look at the letter that David Lowery (Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker), a professor of the economics of the music industry, wrote to NPR's "All Songs Considered" host (can't remember her name) when she announced on the radio she has never paid for an album. The letter is incredible, and will easily sway you if you have any sort of respect for the art of music composing and performance (or it should anyway).

I hear you man, and I have always paid for my music. Problem is that a lot of my old cd's have been scratched or misplaced during the dozen or so moves I have made over the last 15 years. Most of what I would be downloading....if I were to hypothetically do so......would be to replace them. I have a couple hundred cd's, who knows how many tapes and a butt load of records. I just want the music I have to be on my Ipod. I have Pandora for the new stuff.

This is OK with me. You buy it once, I think you should be able to make as many copies for personal use as you want, including in the event it degrades.

If I can buy music directly from the artist, I'll do that. Yes, the record industry is a corrupt pile of shit that screws artists, and I hate giving them money. However, the artist getting SOME money via a record company is better than them getting nothing if I torrent it.

At a show on Monday, a metal band signed to a major label told the crowd I was in to download their new album if they don't want to buy it. In the last year, a number of bands signed to major labels have come out against lawsuits their labels have brought to persons caught illegally downloading music. Just something I thought I'd share.