Today, there are so many means by which people accesses available music. CDs, radio and the internet. Within the internet, people are able to buy music through sites like iTunes, listen on Pandora and Last.fm, legally download on sites such as RCRDLBL.com, and illegally download on a variety of websites. Buying, selling and downloading (illegally and legally), basically production and consumption in the music industry is obviously a controversial topic. One that annoys me for this reason: so many people my age claim to have some moral or ... i dunno, some sort of objection to it. Yet, it makes no difference. The second they hear a new Panic! At The Disco song, it is instantly downloaded from LimeWire or their program of choice. I think that artists, whether considered good, bad, talented, or otherwise, deserve recognition and compensation for their work.
Understandably, money is the biggest reason that people download music illegally. CDs are not inexpensive. But there are many bonuses to owning them. I personally don't have any downloading software on my computer and make several trips to the CD store a month. It is something that I love to do so it is a little easier to pay for it. I recognize that many high school and college students are not in the position to do this, but most of the time, words and actions come across as incredibly hypocritical.
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I see what you mean about people being hypocritical about illegally downloading music. It's like in person they act like it's so wrong to do and of course they don't do it, but when they go home and they're alone they will download anything under the sun for free.
ReplyDeleteYeah there are a couple used cd stores I used to frequent in Montgomery, but they are all going out of business due to mp3 being the format for most ppl. Used cds are actually very cheap now, and I like to use Ebay to get my 90's music fix. Besides looking for new bands you haven't heard of, I've found alot of old bands from decades past that may not have made it prime time but are certainly worth a listen.
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