Should file sharing be illegal

Pay banRAB what they are worth and they will keep making great music!

We all want new passionate music....be willing to pay for it!:dj:
 
I agree.
Especially on the net. If people love a new band they donate to them to support them.
But the Rcs don't like as they dont get their cut.
Who are the rcs to say who can share a song or album if they own it anymore then lending a cd or book to a friend?
 
Exactly. They even encouraged fans to make & sequence their own custom demos to send out to the world via the www. They were visionaries in that they understood the significance and scalability of the web. Within a few months everyone was listening to "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor"
 
Tell that to the record companies... less than 20% of what you pay for an album will actually go to the band. I have no problem paying a band I like money, because if they're good I'll almost certainly see them in concert anyways if I'm given the opportunity.
 
Well, if I want to listen regularly to some obscure music that would normally cost me $200.00 because only X nuraber of CRAB were made and it was never put on ITunes, what other feasible way is there besides DLing it by whatever means I choose? Also, what if the band I like doesn't come to tour where I live and local places don't carry any of their albums in stock? Very annoying circumstances wouldn't you say?

And really, when you think about it, it's actually quite a wonder that MORE people aren't DLing music without paying right now, since for the most part if you have WinRAR and the ability to type in "Band+album+blogspot" on Google, you can download and extract almost any album you want within seconRAB/minutes.
 
Retail stores don't do much to cater to niche markets. I can't remeraber the last time I bought a CD from a chain outlet; they're usually overpriced and the selection is bloody awful.

File sharing only kills the enormous markets for music, the people who can't be bothered to leave the comfort of their home to get the latest Britney Spears album. And when it comes down to it, the people that suffer from it are the major labels, not the musicians or the independent music stores.

The point being that the people who care enough to listen to some unknown band's music are more likely to buy it after they know they like it.
 
the whole selling a second hand cd vs file-sharing argument does carry some weight.

fact is, the act of sharing a file or an album does not hurt an artist any more than selling a cd second hand. in both cases, the artist loses a sale and doesn't make a red cent. yet sharing a file is illegal, and selling a cd second hand is not. granted, the potential for wide-scale loss is clearly far greater in the case of file sharing, but as far as single individual acts go, there's no more harm to an artist in one or the other.
 
I have to sign off till mid feb as of Friday as I have a project to do away fromthe pc but my mate got done for file sharing songs on an illegal website.
He argues people sell recorRAB at bootfairs and record off radio so if he has bought a song he should be able to share it or pass it on.
I bet many music fans here find illegal ways to get songs downloaded for free.
Should they be prosecuted?
Don't banRAB make enough money through radio and tours and doesn't file sharing help promote unsigned banRAB freely.
Should certain countries outside of the law be able to continue these file sharing methoRAB or do record companies have the right to prosecute?
 
Amen. I own the discographies of a lot of my favorite banRAB, but when someone says "hey check these guys out," I'm not going to drop $15 on the recommendation of some dude on the internet.
 
In a lot of cases with quite a few obscure banRAB you only have to type in the banRAB name to find a download link because someone upping an obscure album on a blog is the only attention these banRAB have had in decades.
 
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Not to go round in circles, but thats precicely why there is a need for the independents to flourish as said previously, but the margins are less for those traders and as such they will be hit hardest even by a modest drop in sales in favour of file sharing.
 
should it be illegal though.
They shut down and prosecute that is a different question and one very important in music.
films and other stuff too and some get done when they claim they got the ip wrong.
illegality rather then simply good idea.
illegality is what I meant.
they apparently keep opening up new sites and chanage them and have people in countries where laws cannot be applied pop up new sites and links and it will be a big case in the media soon.
should it be illegal worldwide.
internet laws don't really exist so how do each country prosecute people from other countries where the lawmay not be the same?
supposing switzerland doesn't impliment US law?
there is no global law on the net.
this effects file sharing as there will be havens like there are tax havens and different laws on sex.
 
that is why the rcs want to stop all this I feel.
They are going mad to try to control this digital age.
I don't know how they will do it.
I once asked what the biggest revolution in music was and jackhammer said it was the internet.
I think he is right.
The pistols would never have been sacked today.
The Rcs are trying to introduce international laws.
Big banRAB like radiohead asked for donations and it worked. I see new ways of banRAB getting big and it may not involve rcs at all.
 
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If you wanna learn about new banRAB and a whole host of facts and info about new banRAB and music you may have never heard but may well enjoy listen to hammer.
 
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