to be honest, the only things iv really downloaded, were songs from CDs that got stolen, which is why this bugs me, there assuming that everyone on there is rippin them off, i paid for two deftones CDs and both were stolen (same cd, bought it twice) so i downloaded bored and root, because they were songs i enjoyed, the Misfits videos i downloaded...yea ill buy em, as soon as there in a store, and as for the Acid Bath live songs, you cant get those in a store so im doubting its right to delete these things wen you cant replace them with cash.
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im gunna edit this instead of posting again, but i think of things like this more like a form of radio where you control what you listen to, why arent they going after radio and MTV? if i wanted i could record things of the radio much easier, and how hard would it be for someone to record a couple videos on MTV and transfer the songs to there computer? back in the napster days metallica was totally flippin cause theremusic was on there, dude! james (singer for anyone that doesnt know them) chill out man, be glad anyone even liked your newer music enough to waste there time downloading it! after they went pop there attitudes changed, cmon james think back to your bologne on hand days, couldnt afford bread but yet now that your making money on your music you want kids to pay 20 dollars for a few decent songs?? cmon man if you had napster durring those days youd be downloading to, just because you sold out and the most talented member of the band died (CLiff, RIP) doesnt mean you gotta be likeoh well they cant listen to our stuff unless we say so. if you dont want people listening to your music for free then take all your videos of MTV and dont let radio play your music either, i could record your stuff off of that and listen to it when i wanted to any time i wanted to also, dont get me wrong i like metallica, just the new stuff wasnt as good as kill em all, and to be honest i know why anestesia wasnt played live again, its because your replacement couldnt keep up with Cliff (RIP) i play bass and that song really is difficult to play, i can do MAYBE half the song before i cant keep up, (soory to ramble on about this but it buggs me that people get all mad over somethin like napster but will pay a station money to play it s people can listen to it free anyway, it makes no sence at all, if my band had songs on napster and people downloaded it i wouldnt be sueing(sp?) id be glad people liked it that much.
sometimes id download ongs from bands and if i liked it id buy the album (if it was in stores, remember i like alot of Punk rock and metal and stuff so not very many of my favorite bands are exactly in stock ya know?) and if i didnt like it id delete it, but i think these record companies are taking it a lil far, im not saying download holealbums and never spend money, im just saying that some of us arent really bad and actually do buy the albums we have an MP3 collection of.