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Originally Posted by BTFLCHLD
downloading copyright material for free?
I'd rather support an artist and make the purchase.
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Don't take this as a personal attack, and maybe you're making
a joke here. But I'm so sick of this attitude that so many have
on this board like "I'd rather support the artist and make the
purchase" etc..etc.
I'd bet more than 90% of us on this board have illegal, stolen,
bootlegs, or whatever adjective you'd like to use to describe
the music we've aquired from Stevie, Lindsey and Fleetwood Mac.
There sure are different levels of hypocrisy on this subject too.
The "I buy their music, and only download or trade for their music
and videos that's not officially available" is one big load of crap.
I don't see a big difference in that than in the one's who sell it.
Oops.........I said it. didn't I? Because when it comes down to it,
it's all illegal!.
Over and over it's been proven that most who buy, sell or trade for
bootlegs are the same ones who buy all the official releases (sometimes,
many times over). So in that way the artist are not hurting.
The only exception that I can see is where a pre-release (preview,
promotional, advance copy) is being sold, traded or downloaded.
In that instance, that could possibly hurt the artist sales of a particular
CD. But even that, is not always the case. Did it hurt Lindsey's sales
on "Gift Of Screws"? I doubt it. It really wasn't going to sale that much
in the first place, was it?
I'm not advocating selling copies of officially or unofficially released music.
I'm just saying most of us here are hypocrites. But, please anyone
who wants to throw stones at me because of these statements, just
look and make sure you don't have in your possession any illegally
gotten music or videos. And don't you dare look at YouTube.