Lt Kije Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 As there is a debate about speeding up broad band I just wondered what people thought about file sharing "torrents ect" as more people will do it when they have faster internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 Nothing wrong with it, and I have yet to be convinced that File sharing affects CD sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 I've probably bought more CD's since I started downloading stuff via torrents to listen to on my PC. I'm now finding that I'll download anything and everything that catches my eye - because I can do so for free - but if I like something after I've listened a few times then I'll probably buy the CD to listen to in the car. This approach has made my CD collection quite a bit more eclectic than it was and has led to my buying stuff I would not normally consider if I were just browsing in a record shop. In general, I don't consider that musicians should be paid for recorded copies of their work anyway. I don't mind paying for the production cost of the CD, but not royalties to the act - that's like paying an artist for a photograph their painting or sculpture. A performer should be paid for performing. Radio play and recorded material should be considered as advertising to sell tickets for their live performances. Maybe that way we'll get more artists who can actually play or sing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 What's 'Torrents' ? I just googled it as it sounds good but couldn't find anything to do with music. Can someone send me a link I've only ever listened to or downloaded music on youtube but a lot is being blocked to the UK these days Ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted June 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 You need to download Bit torrent then you are away, good for films and music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 You need to download Bit torrent then you are away, good for films and music and illegal too of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 It's only illegal if the torrent you're downloading is copyright material. Not all of them are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 True enough inky.... however I would guess that almost all are. What would people download that isn't copyrighted then i wonder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 I believe I'm right in saying that downloading music that you already own on CD isn't a breach of copyright - any more than uploading from your own CD to your own PC is. I'm sure someone will correct my mistake if I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Do you know Inky, I actually listened to a chap on the radio last week and they were discussing this very issue. He was from the music industry (in some capacity or other to do with copyright theft as a lawyer or barrister possibly.) and he was adamant that just because you have the song on a cd or even an old record, it does not automatically entitle you to download it free of charge from an online source.... He reckoned that everytime you download a copy of the song; you should pay for it. Just as if you went into a shop and bought the album on vinyl, you wouldn't have gone back when the shop started selling the CD version and just walk out with it without paying; you would have bought the CD and the tape and the mini disc etc. Just because it is online doesn't mean you should get it for nothing He did give some comparisons with other industries but I can't remember them now; but I remember thinking that he had a point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 In that case, I shall continue to upload my CD's to my PC, my laptop, my phone, my ipod, my media centre, and any other medium I may wish to listen to the music I have paid for copyright on. If I also happen to leave a partition of my hard drive open for legitimate file sharing, then it's just unfortunate if my music also ends up on this same partition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 i copy my cd's over to the pc and then burn them back to a blank cd. that way i can use the copy to listen to anywhere and if it gets damaged i still have the original to copy again. i would be very careful of downloading bit torrents, if you do make sure that your anti virus is fully to date and is set to scan any file that is being downloaded prior to you opening it. there are a lot of viri ? virusses? (nasty stuff that will do your computer harm) it can be handy though as i managed to get a song that the father in law wanted to play at my mother in laws funeral. as for copyrighted material. if you play a cd in your car and there is a passenger then i think you are breaking the copyright as it could be classed as a public broadcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted June 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Goood point on the virusses Sid But those with a Mac need not worry at the moment, Macs don't get sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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