This is more of a request for information. The Age is currently running this, about an Australian survey:
More than 62 per cent of respondents bought music from a digital store in the past year, while 72 per cent bought a CD. Other studies have shown that people who download music illegally are far more likely to pay for songs than those who don't.
This contradicts claims by the music industry that it loses hundreds of millions of dollars a year to file sharing. These claims are usually based on the assumption that every illegally downloaded track is a lost sale. The British Government came out with figures claiming 7 million Britons were illegal file sharers, but this was revealed by the BBC this week to be an extrapolation from responses of just 136 people.
I'm not sure what illegal file sharing is and that's not being facetious or telling porkies. If my friend bought a CD, say, in Zambeseland and loaded it to his computer, could he legally send me one track from the CD he bought? If that is illegal, given that he bought the CD in the first place, then why is it illegal?
In Russia, one never knew. You'd go along to one of the emporia, as a paying customer and buy a CD for 70 roubles [about $3]. As far as you knew, it was legal. The issue was with the vendor. What's the situation in the west?
Personally, I've never done it as it was not necessary in Russia with the cheap CDs and DVDs and over here, ASDA sell titles for £3-7 if you're prepared to wait. At those prices [I picked up a complete set of Morse for £10], it's not an issue.
And yet there's the occasional track I'd like to have. For example, I was looking at Nils Lofgren's appropriately titled It's Not a Crime. The album's not bad overall and if I saw it in a music store [unlikely], then I'd pay up to £5 for it but no more. It only costs 99c on the web but there's the problem - I don't use cards. Therefore, the only way might be for someone to send it to me.
What's the current state of play with this game?
the illegality comes from the fact that he bought the CD, not the music, you simply get to 'license' it.
ReplyDeleteSo no he couldn't legally send you a track.
I agree with Lord Nazh, although he can make copies of it for himself to use.
ReplyDeleteEven if we take action against file sharing, it cannot be stop. The file sharing business in the market or in the net is very high which is cannot be stop. on the bright side one can hear the music of their likings.
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