A quick post while on my lunch break, eating delicious left over pasta from Jodie's Monday night creation.Weird Al Yankovic has a song entitled Don't Download This Song which is worth a listen and a watch since there is an animated video for it on his MySpace page here.
I have a habit of getting upset when people say stupid things about music [some of you know what I'm talking about].
The demonisation of copyright infringing music downloads is one of the things I get upset about. Any exposure to illegally obtained music has only made me buy more music! It's about really inexpensive advertising - and it started long, long ago.
I remember when I got a very special Guns 'n Roses tape [it was a tape, not a burned CD, or download of MP3 - so we are talking a long time ago]. By request it had Don't Damn Me as every third song or so, and had a range of songs from at least four albums. What happened then? When I got a CD player - I went out and bought those four albums.
The same has been happening since CD burning and MP3 [or yes, Ogg] filesharing. I might not be buying CDs like an addict like I used to [when I started to discover bands - their back catalogue set me back some serious cash] - but any music downloading I may or may not do - doesn't hurt the music industry.
I support the likes of Apple, who instead of just bellyaching* about the problem, provide a solution - i.e., make it easier for people to purchase music, and in a format that is useful to people who buy it that way.
* ain't a thesaurus grand?
2 comments:
Ahh, the mix tape. Memories. I used to tape songs off the radio, which was fine except for when the dj kept talking over the start of the song. Limewire is awesome. Very fast. Friends with albums are also awesome. Having said that, I downloaded "Original Fire" by Audioslave and cannot wait to get the new album in my hands.
The one thing that people never say is that the quality of the majority of the music shared on the internet is pretty poor compared to what is on the original CD.... I think....
Totally agree with you on this one Cameron. Since 'borrowing mp3 backups' my purchasing of music has gone through the roof. Ahh the good old Guns n Roses mixed tape. Did the same thing many moons ago!!!
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