Is it wrong?
Surely if you wouldn't buy stuff anyway, the artist isn't losing out, and if you really liked the stuff, you might go to a gig or buy a t shirt or whatever, and they will make money.
What do you think?
Apparently that is the 'justification' - "I would never have downloaded it if it cost, but I did and therefore I went out and bought their entire back catalogue. Blah blah blah"
I did read something somewhere (can't remember where) that despite people saying that, not many people actually do.
Go to Amazon, play the 20 second clips from the album. If you like it buy it.
I wouldn't buy a road bike. But it might be nice to just have one.
Where abouts in Exeter are you?
Cognitive dissonance.
You are still listening to it, you haven't paid for it, the maker gets no benefit, which is one of the reasons she paid for the studio, producers, session players, wrote performed promoted and made available the music; so she could make a living.
Imagine going to work and not getting paid; giving your all, your boss looking at your many sweaty hours worth of work, taking it, using it, enjoying it, but saying, nah I'm not feeling like paying for it, thanks though it's really good.
I thieve film though, but not normally music, most definitely never independent music. I'm working on perfecting the justification, but for now it's all I got; never pirate from independents.
Imagine going to work and not getting paid; giving your all, your boss looking at your many sweaty hours worth of work, taking it, using it, enjoying it, but saying, nah I'm not feeling like paying for it, thanks though it's really good.
Most weeks then? some of the hours I get paid for [37.5] the rest I don't 🙁
TSY 😀
You are still listening to it, you haven't paid for it, the maker gets no benefit,
Not much different to youtube really. So is listening to youtube videos wrong?
I think youtubing is promotion. Ad revenue attached to hits. Musician gets monies for their work. So no, youtubing is not wrong. The quality of sound however is very wrong 🙂
What about downloading albums you already own? - you've already paid royalties on those
I've still got loads of vinyl but no turntable any more, so I reckon that's OK
I think youtubing is promotion. Ad revenue attached to hits. Musician gets monies for their work. So no, youtubing is not wrong.
Do people get money from people watching their youtube videos? I didn't think so.
When done by the content owner and you get those annoying pop up ads at the bottom of the video yeah they get money.
I'll pay to go to a gig. In general will not pay for mp3 music, in it's like a flyer. I can look at a photo of a painting for free, if I really want to appreciate it I will pay to see it at a gallery.