Illegal Download %

[sabooya]

What percentage of people buy their music, and what percentage downloads it illegally, do you think on the entire planet

 

[Modeps]

100% and 100%

 

[homercles337]

Not sure, but i do know that the RIAA dramatically inflates any numbers you see from them.

 

[FoBoT]

eleventy billion

how is this thread different than the other one

 

[mugs]

On the entire planet? There's probably a couple of billion people who can't afford to buy OR download music.

 

[tasmanian]

1 trillion percent of people are pirates.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Did you really need to make another thread? You could've just edited your original one. Not to mention, the results will be skewed anyways as ATOT is not representative of the majority of the population.

 

[sabooya]

Stop Trolling and answer my question please.

 

[TechBoyJK]

as an artist, I think it would be flattering that people would be willing to steal my music. I also think that people should be able to download it. Yea it might hurt sales, but it is also exposing the music to people who if given the choice of buy it and listen to it or not buy and not listen to it, probably wouldnt buy it because they cant risk the money on crap. But those that download it who might not have bought it, might fall in love with the music, and spend money on concert tickets and concert merch.

RIAA, STFU, and give the music away for free.

 

[rh71]

I think you're trying to get us to write a paper for you.

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
as an artist, I think it would be flattering that people would be willing to steal my music. I also think that people should be able to download it. Yea it might hurt sales, but it is also exposing the music to people who if given the choice of buy it and listen to it or not buy and not listen to it, probably wouldnt buy it because they cant risk the money on crap. But those that download it who might not have bought it, might fall in love with the music, and spend money on concert tickets and concert merch.

RIAA, STFU, and give the music away for free.

Would you think it's flattering if I stole your car or tv?

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
as an artist, I think it would be flattering that people would be willing to steal my music. I also think that people should be able to download it. Yea it might hurt sales, but it is also exposing the music to people who if given the choice of buy it and listen to it or not buy and not listen to it, probably wouldnt buy it because they cant risk the money on crap. But those that download it who might not have bought it, might fall in love with the music, and spend money on concert tickets and concert merch.

RIAA, STFU, and give the music away for free.

Would you think it's flattering if I stole your car or tv?

Your argument fails because

- you can make multiple copies of mp3's for 0 dollars
- you can make 0 copies of your car


For reference I no longer download music. If it isn't worth the cost of a cd it probably isn't worth listening to.

 

[3NF]

Is this just about music, or does it include video, books, etc? In the "New World" everything will be free because people won't work to make a living. People will "work" to better themselves and others - essentially do what they like to do. This is because the crap jobs, like selling sandwiches, will be left to the robots that man will genetically design and engineer.

 

[AmdEmAll]

42%

 

[jjones]

I'd say half pirate, half buy legally, and half just borrow from friends.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Originally posted by: AmdEmAll
42%

This man speaks the truth. Several years ago it was ~43% but the RIAA has successfully scared a small portion of our society into "submission" through their anti-piracy campaign (eg, lawsuits).

 

[theprodigalrebel]

If it weren't for illegal downloads, I would still be buying whatever was hot on MTV or my friends were blasting on their stereos. The day I discovered illegal mp3s was the day I opened up to different genres/styles of music and stopped buying shit from Limp Bizkit & co. In a way, illegal downloads helped me discover music I would actually want to buy and stack on my bookshelf. Win-win.

As for the original question, that is close to impossible to answer. You could probably get statistics for a particular album from the Top-10 (or whatever) torrent sites and compare that with retail/legal-download sales. That could give you some sort of picture, I think.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

There was an article a coupld weeks ago that said the RIAA was inflating college downloads.

 

[potato28]

I'm not allowed to say it, many people would be slightly P.Oed at me.

 

[Vidda]

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
If it weren't for illegal downloads, I would still be buying whatever was hot on MTV or my friends were blasting on their stereos. The day I discovered illegal mp3s was the day I opened up to different genres/styles of music and stopped buying shit from Limp Bizkit & co. In a way, illegal downloads helped me discover music I would actually want to buy and stack on my bookshelf. Win-win.

As for the original question, that is close to impossible to answer. You could probably get statistics for a particular album from the Top-10 (or whatever) torrent sites and compare that with retail/legal-download sales. That could give you some sort of picture, I think.

QFT. I actually buy CDs now.

Edit: Because I like what I hear from my illegal downloads.

 

[OhSnap688]

I listen to radio. And I'm happy. Only buy the CDs that I really really love.

 

[randay]

I have never illegally downloaded %.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

our planet, or the one you come from?

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

I agree with techboy... Theres way too many wannabe musicians out there right now, and the internet is the best way to get noticed, and if it comes to people downloading my stuff, so be it... With great sites like Last.Fm, because of illegal downloads, bands that were virtually impossible to get a hold of, are now getting popular much faster... Do you think they are sad? Your top priority as a musician should always be to deliver the goods (both figuratively and literally)

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

The only people who are angry about it are the record companies. The musicians don't make that much from music sales anyway. I download music illegally, and when I go to concerts my money goes straight to the artist.