Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
i only ask because i had my friends sis do it for me. i gave her 50 songs. she burned them onto 3 cd's. well, i figured 5 bucks a CD, then another 5 as a "tip". 20 bucks for 3 cd's. well, it kind of pissed her off. did i not pay her enough?
Seriously she was being childish. 3 blank CD's cost literally cents and it takes less than 1 hour out of her day. You paid her more than enough.
Originally posted by §P0oONY
Bit harsh with the theaving scum line, don't you think? You're right though, if you're going to steal, at least steal without paying.
Nah. If you steal music off the internet, I consider that to be a scummy activity, and it's thieving, so 2 + 2 etc.
I'm not saying: "If you're gonna steal, steal without paying." per se, I'm saying if you're willing to pay, pay for legal material so the artists get their cash and you get an official, great sounding CD with artwork and everything else.
-AC
Re: Paying someone to burn a CD off the internet.....
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
what is the rule of thumb here? how much should one charge you for this? is it per song or per CD?
Well since I pay 27.00$ a month to download my music, I usually have people ask for no less that 12 songs, and I usually charge 12 dollars for 12-15 songs, plus 1.50 for s/h.
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Nah. If you steal music off the internet, I consider that to be a scummy activity, and it's thieving, so 2 + 2 etc.I'm not saying: "If you're gonna steal, steal without paying." per se, I'm saying if you're willing to pay, pay for legal material so the artists get their cash and you get an official, great sounding CD with artwork and everything else.
-AC
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
thats crap. they are making their money anyways. what if you want a compilation? like 1 cd with 2 or 3 songs from different artists? are you supposed to buy 6 different cd's with only like 2 or 3 songs you like on each one?
Don't give me the "They're making the money anyways." argument, please. Seen it many times before, ended it the same amount of times. It's not the point. The Earth was clean once, it wasn't a big deal when just one person dropped litter, but when billions started doing it over the course of years, it became a problem. A slightly exaggerated point, I realise, but a point nonetheless. I trust said point isn't beyond your comprehension.
Regardless of whether they are rich or starving, you are stealing from them, and that's wrong. Your friend burns albums for you, for others, right? They burn albums for others, who burn albums for others. It's a snowball effect, and many ignorant people don't look into it enough to realise.
With regards to your other questions; iTunes, a dollar per song. Though I seriously believe that with your attitude, you're not just downloading selected songs.
-AC
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Nah. If you steal music off the internet, I consider that to be a scummy activity, and it's thieving, so 2 + 2 etc.I'm not saying: "If you're gonna steal, steal without paying." per se, I'm saying if you're willing to pay, pay for legal material so the artists get their cash and you get an official, great sounding CD with artwork and everything else.
-AC
I agree that downloading music is wrong but I personally believe (I know you will not agree) is that if I wouldn't buy the music; simply because I don't think it's good enough then I don't mind downloading it because say I downloaded album that I really liked, I wouldn't hesitate in actually pay for it, for the reason's you stated below. Actually having it on a real CD in it's correct case is a nice feeling.
I also don't mind buying foreign music, that's not from Britain or the US, as it's not readily available to me and I think that paying about £20 for a CD is obscene.
Originally posted by Darth Kreiger
Considering that the biggest portion Downloading group is generally kids 12-21, who don't have the money to pay for the CD's anyway, it's not that much of a problem
You should probably leave that "logic" in the dumpster you dragged it from.
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
so the environmet has something to do with downloading songs off the net? wow. thats the worst analogy i have ever seen.
I gave you the credit of assuming you'd be able to get what I meant, I gave you too much credit.
Nowhere in my post did I suggest the two are linked, I was comparing how one lack of caring because "It's not a problem.", eventually did lead to a huge problem. Like the "They earn money anyway." argument, you see? I also said that it's an extreme example, but an example nonetheless.
If you can't grasp techniques that aren't as obvious as a sledgehammer blow to the face, then admit such, don't imply there's something wrong with the analogy.
-AC