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ZLevee
04/20/09

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As I said above, this is not a shocking or groundbreaking study. Studies have shown this since back in the Napster days, back in the CD buring days, back in the tape days.

One doesn't bother becoming a voracious music "pirate" without being really interested in music. As such, these are people who will lay out more cash to get rare alubums, limited edtion pressings, album art, buy concert tickets, and otherwise support the bands they are true fans of than ordinary consumers. They just have such an appetite for music that they can't afford it all. SO they sample the stuff out there and eventually purchase a bit of what's good.
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IcemanD
04/20/09

@ZLevee: +1

"They just have such an appetite for music that they can't afford it all."

This is exactly the situation I'm in. I spend HUNDREDS of dollars a year on music...I can't buy it all.

Sony, BMG, Universal, Interscope, etc. have a TON of my money. I am totally confortable with the amount I "steal"
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Rabid Penguin
04/20/09

@IcemanD: Unless Sony, BMG, Universal, Interscope, Etc, is dosing a buy-one-get-one-free deal, it doesn't matter how much money you've spent on music, you only have the right to have what you've paid for. If you can't afford it then you should just settle with what you can afford. I've spent hundreds going to the theater because I enjoy the theater. That doesn't give me the right to no longer pay and just sneak in from now on.

"They just have such an appetite for music that they can't afford it all."

You have such an appetite for something that you're willing to steal it to get your fix? Sounds like you need to seek some help. You have an unhealthy addiction.
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ZLevee
04/20/09

@Rabid Penguin: you can do both you know. you can sample some stuff while still spending ungodly amounts of money on it. I should know.
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Rabid Penguin
04/20/09

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I don't know if I'd trust that survey. Sure a pirate may purchase a lot of products when he's not pirating, but he's probably using stolen booty to purchase said products.
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bonedog73
04/20/09

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That's such bullshit... most of the kids who steal music is because they can and mostly because they dont have any money to buy it legitamately.
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ZLevee
04/20/09

@bonedog73: But the ones who steal it are also the ones who would be more willing to buy their favorite band's stuff to begin with, before they've runout of cash. The non-music lovers just don't download as much because their not as interested in music to begin with.
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Zach Prichard
04/20/09

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I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the reality of the study is that people that pirate music are 10 times more likely to SAY they buy leg music, but in reality...don't.

I know folks that pirate music that are always coming up with excuses about why they don't pay for it, or constantly claim they buy music "if the album's good" but never actually do.
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Hello Mister Walrus
04/20/09

@Zach Prichard: I think another factor is that people who buy a shit ton of music are more likely to admit that they are pirates. To many people, buying music seems to justify piracy (i.e. "try before buying").
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ZaxxonQ.com
04/20/09

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Ah-ha! I KNEW it!!! ^_^
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TheSonOfKrypton
04/20/09

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Um. I'm a pirate so I'm not hating here, but this survey has to be biased. I just don't understand how one could ever conclude that people who pirate music are also the largest consumers of legitimate downloaded music. We steal but we also buy the most? I shouldn't use the word steal. Since, TECHNICALLY, pirating music is not stealing....
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VulnoX
04/20/09

@TheSonOfKrypton:

Technically, in every way possible, it is stealing. I don't care what you convince yourself. Its only not stealing if there is no price attached to the music in the first place, but then it wouldn't be pirating... and we go on.

Just because you don't agree with who gets the money or whatever, sorry, thats not how the system works.

Now, having said that, I do STEAL music from time to time when I hear something I think I would like. After hearing the song, maybe playing it for a couple days to make sure its not just a passing enjoyment, I will go to Amazon MP3 and download it. Probably download a couple others from that album as I try them out. I think I spent $20 one night on songs from about four different albums by one group because of the one song of theirs I "stole".

So its a believable study, not everyone that pirates is a complete tool.
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TheSonOfKrypton
04/20/09

@VulnoX: Steal(verb)-to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, esp. secretly or by force.

I'm making a duplicate, not taking the original and depriving the owner of it.
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ZLevee
04/20/09

@TheSonOfKrypton: This is not a shockign or groundbreakign study. Studies have shown this since back in the Napster days, back in the CD buring days, back in the tape days. Basically many "pirate" just have such an appetite for music that they can't afford it all, but will lay out more cash to support the bands they are true fans of than ordinary consumers. Also, they often want the limited edition pressings, album art, etc. for bands they are true fans of.
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Street_Race_13
04/20/09

@TheSonOfKrypton:

This is true... not stealing, simply duplicating, copying. Good job with the dictionary definition
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Rabid Penguin
04/20/09

@Street_Race_13: Even with the dictionary definition he posted he's not technically correct.

Steal(verb)-to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, esp. secretly or by force.

Intellectual Property(noun)

Law. property that results from original creative thought, as patents, copyright material, and trademarks.

By making illegal copies of music he is stealing intellectual property.
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