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AndrewG · 16 Dec 2010, 13:28

I'm not sure what to believe with regards to such "reports". I do think illegal downloading is crazy. In my opinion people who do that do not respect basic morals. Just because you can do something doesn't make it legal obviously. I guess because the whole thing is very difficult to trace it becomes possible for people to keep doing this without getting caught. It's sad really. I also do not understand the feverish attempts by many people to get something for free. I much rather buy a digital (or preferably physical) album for £9 than waste evenings trying to download it and then discover there is probably something wrong with the files. I've witness many colleagues and friends downloading movies or music, taking ages over it and either getting the completely wrong thing or getting a virus installed on their computer in the process. Serves them right I guess. I personally can't think of a greater waste of my time.

Especially in the case of new and upcoming artists I think the illegal downloading is a shame as they lose revenue which may be necessary for them to continue making music.

I don't know how accurate these stats are but these do indicate that music spending, certainly with regards to concerts is certainly on the increase. In a perhaps saturated market it is probably still difficult to grab a piece of this pie.

I think a bigger problem is the ridiculous amount of TV related commercialisation in recent years which interestingly works constantly on a recording covers basis and not very much original music. Think of how many artists could make a living out of the money which instead goes to ITV/Simon Cowell (does he really need £200 million)/Apple (I'm pretty sure the "recording artists" get the smallest piece of the pie). Other companies are taking in large parts of the money from live performances these days too such as Ticketmaster and LiveNation.

Therefore I do not think that illegal downloading is solely hurting the music industry or its artists, a lot of it I think also has to do with a shift of the money which now goes to third party lazy companies (who are not really involved in creation at all), who cleverly now have a hold on the industry.

In the end I think it is always the honest consumer and original artist who get screwed over the most.

16 Dec 2010, 13:28	#2
AndrewG I hope your salmon sucks! Join Date: 18.01.2004 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 7,083	I'm not sure what to believe with regards to such "reports". I do think illegal downloading is crazy. In my opinion people who do that do not respect basic morals. Just because you can do something doesn't make it legal obviously. I guess because the whole thing is very difficult to trace it becomes possible for people to keep doing this without getting caught. It's sad really. I also do not understand the feverish attempts by many people to get something for free. I much rather buy a digital (or preferably physical) album for £9 than waste evenings trying to download it and then discover there is probably something wrong with the files. I've witness many colleagues and friends downloading movies or music, taking ages over it and either getting the completely wrong thing or getting a virus installed on their computer in the process. Serves them right I guess. I personally can't think of a greater waste of my time. Especially in the case of new and upcoming artists I think the illegal downloading is a shame as they lose revenue which may be necessary for them to continue making music. I don't know how accurate these stats are but these do indicate that music spending, certainly with regards to concerts is certainly on the increase. In a perhaps saturated market it is probably still difficult to grab a piece of this pie. I think a bigger problem is the ridiculous amount of TV related commercialisation in recent years which interestingly works constantly on a recording covers basis and not very much original music. Think of how many artists could make a living out of the money which instead goes to ITV/Simon Cowell (does he really need £200 million)/Apple (I'm pretty sure the "recording artists" get the smallest piece of the pie). Other companies are taking in large parts of the money from live performances these days too such as Ticketmaster and LiveNation. Therefore I do not think that illegal downloading is solely hurting the music industry or its artists, a lot of it I think also has to do with a shift of the money which now goes to third party lazy companies (who are not really involved in creation at all), who cleverly now have a hold on the industry. In the end I think it is always the honest consumer and original artist who get screwed over the most.