Paying for mp3's, stupid or no?

[Popinjay]

I buy my music at a penny per megabyte legally, daryn says I am a dumbass for doing so. Am I?!

[BusterStacks]

yes. music is free and will always be free. btw I only download by the album anymore... before it hits store shelves.

[ThaSaltCracka]

do you use suprnova.org?

[mmbt0ne]

That's pretty freakin cheap. That would make a song only 3¢-5¢. Where do you do that?

I use SoulSeek for the not so legal.

[Popinjay]

one of my arguments was an RIAA subpoena, thoughts?

[ThaSaltCracka]

naw, one of the courts overturned the ruling that allowed the RIAA to subpeona IP addreses from ISP's.

[daveymck]

At this moment in time I see no reason to pay.

However if in future bands start to publish themselves online and therefore most of the cash goes to them then I would look to pay.

If I like an album that much I then go out and buy it to get the full package and artwork and stuff, yes we only listen to the music but theres somthing good about having a good album with good artwork etc, its a pity CD's cases are so small, some of my vinal records look so much better than the cd counterparts.

[sfer]

I cheerfully pay for CDs and legal downloads.

[Senor Choppy]

Stealing from the big names seems OK to me, but if you listen to bands that still play small bars and have to hold down second jobs, buy their album for [censored]'s sake.

[astroglide]

the russian sites are not legal