Is it normal to feel guilty after download music torrents for free?

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I grew up buying music and I still do. But lately I've been getting a lot of my music from pirate bay and other torrent sites. I'm a DJ and collector so I'm constantly finding new music, it's just that I couldve never afford to purchase ever album that I own (hundreds)

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Hahah. Not normal!!

    Why even do it if you're gonna punk out afterwards?? Are you stupid?

    :D

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  • dom180
    12 years ago

    Just because everybody else does it, that isn't really a good moral standpoint, it is just blind conformity. I tried it once, but I just felt bad about it because I have enough money to buy the music that I want without stealing it, so I stopped downloading torrents.

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  • dappled
    12 years ago

    I'm the same. There were loads of books I wanted so I went down to the bookstore, took them off the shelf and then just walked out without paying.

    I think this is morally superior, though, because at least the author still gets paid for his work (the bookstore bought the book and I'm only stealing from them, rather than the people whose work brings me pleasure).

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    • sega31098
      11 years ago

      No, because the store can't sell the books anymore.
      When you pirate, at least they can still sell copies.

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      • dappled
        11 years ago

        I think you missed the point slightly. Why care more about the shop that sells you a copy of an item than the creative mind which produced it?

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        • sega31098
          11 years ago

          The creative mind got the money because the shop purchased the books they were going to sell.

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          • dappled
            11 years ago

            True, but print runs only accelerate and shops only buy larger stocks when things are proven popular with the public. I still think the shop as a middleman isn't the driving force behind music sales.

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  • Trade3
    7 years ago

    http://www.youtube-mp3.org/

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  • GeorgeMcBob
    12 years ago

    Ever see a music publishing executive's car?

    Guilt will vanish.

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  • thecheese
    12 years ago

    Nah, you shouldn't feel guilty, it saves you money.

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  • jsw389
    12 years ago

    It requires a lot of time and financial resources to record good quality music and it's always best to support the artist for their product. If you download a song for free you're only being exploited by people who benefit from your downloading traffic on their website.

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  • metallover1991
    12 years ago

    Nah, I enjoy downloading torrents.

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  • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress
    12 years ago

    yes it's normal to be guilty about stealing

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  • Dozis
    12 years ago

    Hey,hey,hey, do fa mi re la sol do sol re fa mi re do. Pay me.

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  • asura
    12 years ago

    @dappled

    Where are you loading all them books at?

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  • MissClaire
    12 years ago

    If the majority of the CD is quality I will pay for the album and support the artist. If one song is good and the rest is shit I will download for free.
    I mean whats the incentive for producing quality albums ...... for a while there (before online downloads) some artists werent exactly putting fourth full effort (in my opinion)

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    dont feel bad

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  • Darkoil
    12 years ago

    I dj and id have never have got the 10s of 1000s of songs ive got if it wern't for the piratebay.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Pirate bay is still alive? I thought they lost at court.. Or I'm thinking of another website.

    Don't feel bad, everyone does it.

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