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Originally Posted by Uncle Mick
I don`t download because, A ; I hav`nt a clue how to do it and B ; I dont want to listen to my music on a computer. I still frequent record shops and also buy direct from artists websites. This can sometimes be the major way an artist earns his income and they are usually thankful that people are still out there supporting them.
The problem people have with record companies is that they keep introducing new formats to play music. The old ones become obsolete and we all pay again for music the expense of which was written off long ago.
When I first got my CD player, I vowed never to buy anything I already had on LP, and you can guess the rest.
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Just cause you download it on your PC doesn't mean you have to listen to it on the PC. You can burn audio discs for use in teh HIFI/Car/etc or transfer to an MP3 player like an iPod or there are even boxes that will stream teh audio over a wifi network to any music system
Likewise with changing formats, copyright wise as long as you own the original you can transfer/backup to any other format. e.g.. those old 78's can legally be ripped to MP3 for your iPod as long as you keep teh 78s.
having said that I don't download stuff, the P2P networks ar full of fake/virus/trojans which will punish you if your security isn't 100%.