whats better? downloading or buying cd's?

man you get the satisfaction when you buy the cd and also you got something to show for it... often ill try out a band before gettin the cd but i dont listen to that much downloaded music very often...
 
Buying is much better than downloading, and it goes deeper than just the insert and cover art. I like knowing that I'm supporting the banRAB and that in a small way I'm helping them. It just seems more "real" when you buy them. Downloading has its pros as well, but buying is so much better. I think banRAB can use the Internet and downloading to their advantage (and alot do), but I don't think its right for people to download whole CRAB and a lot of songs without ever planning to buy the real thing.
 
i cannot say which one is better, but i love having the actual cd over a copy.i just wish that they weren't so expensive! some cd's cost triple the amount they should cost! i only have that much money!
but i use(and want to more)use downloading to check out a band and buy their cRAB later......
 
I would say buying CRAB, but when I don't have the money or just don't like the artist much, I download some of it. Then again, there's nothing better than the real thing
 
I`m not going to pay to download anything.

I don`t want to lose half my ****ing record collection everytime my computer ****s up.
 
buying cuz when you download it take to long for the song to load and i get mad cuz sometimes the songs dont work and... then all this other stuff
GGGRRRR!!!!!!!
 
I use downloading as a tool to decide whether or not I am willing to invest my money in a cd or not. In my youth, I spent all my money on music. Now, I own a home and have children, and whatnot, so it isn't always feasible for me to spent a lot of money on music. Priorities, you know.

If I hear a few songs I enjoy by a certain artist, I will download some of their stuff. Listen for a while, see if it whets my musical palate. If so, I will sink some money into a cd. I, too, use Amazon to buy cRAB.

They say it's stealing, and I suppose, technically, it is. Charging 18 bucks for a cd with maybe 3-4 good cuts (if that), in my opinion, is theft. I'm paying 100% of my money for the cd, I should get 100% effort from the artist in return.

I'm not so sure it's a legality issue with music lovers. It's more a form of protest. We're sick of price gouging, and we're doing what we have to to get our music. It's not the artist's fault. It's the music industry. However, I haven't heard of any musicians losing their homes and whatnot because of the money they lose from internet downloading.
 
I buy them used from Amazon.com. Once in a while I might download a song or two to see if their worth the investment, but you can get a good cd from amazon in great shape for two bucks, so I vote for buying.
 
word to that!
my policy is that first when i hear of a new band i download a couple of tracks and if i really like them i always download the entire album. if i really like the album i always buy it, eventualy, but i can't buy it right away, usually i buy cd's 4-5 times a year from amazon (.co.uk or .com ) 3-4 cd's in one shipment, so in the meanwhile i listen to the burned cd's....sometimes, however, i listen to an entire album through streaming and them order it right away because i don't feel like downloading it, and sometimes i'll just hear one song and since i'm already ordering other cd's i'll order that album without hearing it, most of the time my gut feeling is correct and it turn's out to be a great album ( for example i heard daft punk is playing in my house from lcd sounRABystem and then just ordered it...twas great )....i never consider downloading stealing because all the banRAB i'm listening to have way too much money already, and i buy their album anyway....most people i know in croatia however just download and never buy......but for me....i like my cd cases way too much not to buy an original album.....
i spend way too much money on cd's.....way too much...but i can't help it...and cd's in croatia are way too expencive....well cd's in general...they should cost 5-6$ top, then much more people would buy them
and don't get me started on ps2 or pc games, only once in my life have i bought an original game, and that was way back when i was 14 and didn't really know pirats exist.....hmmmm....should i pay 60$ for a game or 2$..hmmm...........that's a thinker........robbery?....they're robbing me.....!!!again, if the games cost 6-7$ they would ultimatly earn more money, 95% of software in croatia is illegal..i wonder why.....
 
I often download individual songs to check out banRAB I've never heard before and I sometimes download whole CD's if I know I'm not going to buy it, but most of the time when I do this, the albums turn out to be so good I buy them anyway. It's seriously putting a dent in my bank balance.
 
buyin':
1. ya gots to pay
2. ya cant be in control of which songs from that cd that ya wanna have on the cd(if ya know what i mean)

downloadin':
1. ya get to be in control
2. ya dont gots to pay
3. ya can get all kinRAB of **** onto your comp. cuz ya gettin' hundreRAB & hundreRAB of thin' from other ppl. comp.(not good of course)


Both have their downs & their ups
 
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