Illegal Downloading

[H0BJ0B]

Openly ... use.

Lol - I laughed in real life.

Anyway, my only argument is against saying that artists are the only ones affected and they get loads already .

[awelsh]

Lol - I laughed in real life.

Anyway, my only argument is against saying that artists are the only ones affected and they get loads already .

Which is what I said in my first post which you clearly then decided to say something stupid like "duhhh they dont use £10 microphones to record"

Basically your all for it, yet your complaining about others downloading stuff too.

Also, about your point where its still harmful for personal use as it is public use. If I were to show some downloaded movies to a crowd full of people in the center of town that would be a lot worst than me simply watching the film by myself at home. This is because I have not only watched it myself, but I have openly shown it to another 20+ people knowing I didnt even pay for it to begin.

[H0BJ0B]

You said that they do, I'm saying they don't (note the word *against*).

I don't mind illegally downloading, no, and I haven't once complained about people downloading?

My point, as you said, was that it's still harmful for personal use as it is commercial/public - and that's true. Although showing it to lots of people is worse, doing it personally is still bad.

I don't mind it, I just hate how many are ignorant to the fact that it has effects on people other than the artist .

[kuzkasate]

Should it be legal: Yes people do it anyway
Why do people do it: Not because they cant afford to buy but to make money!

[Decode]

Should it be legal: Yes people do it anyway
Why do people do it: Not because they cant afford to buy but to make money!

Lol? How do people do it to make money?

[H0BJ0B]

Should it be legal: No, it deters many, many, many people.
Why do people do it: So they don't have to spend money on music (different to other things because there are many, many, many songs.

[timROGERS]

Believe it or not, it has been said that companies like Adobe survive from illegal downloads. People tend to download these programs as teenagers, but if they become graphics designers in the future, they will influence their employer to purchase the applications because a business cannot afford to use illegal software There's an article about this at http://www.devlounge.net/articles/pi...’s-best-friend.

I also agree with the point that with the expensive things like Photoshop, someone of our age would not buy them because they are too expensive, so they are not actually losing any business. Although I definitely do not prescribe to the excuse that people don't have enough money to buy music.

[Glasses]

I download the music then send a message to the artist on myspace.
I have permission :]

If its a film then I'll just buy it because I can't be arsed waiting like 3 hours for a poor quality movie to be downloaded.

[Nick.]

I download the music then send a message to the artist on myspace.
I have permission :]

If its a film then I'll just buy it because I can't be arsed waiting like 3 hours for a poor quality movie to be downloaded.

what do you mean you have permission?? :S

[Rapidshare]

Lol? How do people do it to make money?

Like me ect


I download movies, and sell them cheap :eusa_whis