Collapse in illegal sharing of music.

2009-07-13 07:54:52

#1

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|6007

They are the record companies' bogeyman: the 15-year-old in their bedroom ripping off a star's latest album and sharing it with their friends has been blamed for bringing an industry to its knees.

But new research shows that the number of teenagers illegally sharing music has fallen dramatically in the past year.

The survey of 1,000 fans also shows that many14 to 18 year olds are now streaming music regularly online using services such as YouTube and Spotify.

At the same time less than a third of teenagers are now illegally downloading music, the survey suggests. In January this year 26% of 14 to 18 year olds admitted filesharing at least once a month compared with 42% in December 2007.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/ju … -streaming
Worried about getting viruses and pop ups. I hate kids.

Aye, download and you may get caught. stream, and you'll live... at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin' to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell the RIAA that they may take our lives, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM!

2009-07-13 07:55:45

#2

Swan: The town bike; +54|5869

Good to see all of this thievery coming to a close.

2009-07-13 08:13:56

#3

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7003|SE London

They're all just stream ripping music off Youtube....

2009-07-13 08:20:53

#4

Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|7188|UK

Bertster7 wrote:
They're all just stream ripping music off Youtube....

exactly, or just listening to pirate radio. The record companies aren't making any more money, infact I would bet they are probably making less.

2009-07-13 08:22:48

#5

loubot: O' HAL naw!; +470|7000|Columbus, OH

Oh well....that is how the cookie crumbles

2009-07-13 08:29:16

#6

Benzin: Member; +576|6420

iTunes and Amazon music stores and other such businesses has proven, though, that people are willing to buy their music online. Best part is that a business like that is low-cost. You'd think the RIAA would figure it out.

2009-07-13 09:50:36

#7

mafia996630: © 2009 Jeff Minard; +319|7185|d

Bertster7 wrote:
They're all just stream ripping music off Youtube....

2009-07-13 09:58:44

#8

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7154|St. Andrews / Oslo

Last I checked, record companies don't get money for uploading music to Youtube....

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2009-07-13 10:00:53

#9

mafia996630: © 2009 Jeff Minard; +319|7185|d

Jenspm wrote:
Last I checked, record companies don't get money for uploading music to Youtube....

actutally i'm pretty sure they do.Well not for uploading music but by viewers, youtube have to pay royalities.

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2009-07-13 10:03:17

#10

DonFck: Hibernator; +3,227|7053|Finland

Bertster7 wrote:
They're all just stream ripping music off Youtube....

Sure they are

I need around tree fiddy.

2009-07-13 10:27:58

#11

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7043|London, England

DonFck wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
They're all just stream ripping music off Youtube....
Sure they are

What about YouTube

2009-07-13 10:29:18

#12

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|7054

Mekstizzle wrote:
DonFck wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
They're all just stream ripping music off Youtube....
Sure they are
What about FaceTube

Fixed for James May

2009-07-13 11:23:11

#13

Toilet Sex: one love, one pig; +1,775|6994

sux2brecordcompany

♥

2009-07-13 11:30:33

#14

Snake: Missing, Presumed Dead; +1,046|6988|England

Other than 2 or 3 facetube rips, I havent downloaded anything illegally for a good 4 or 5 years. Ill pay for what I want, but I refuse to buy 12-15track albums when I only like 3 or 4 of the tracks.

2009-07-13 11:32:52

#15

Swan: The town bike; +54|5869

Snake wrote:
Other than 2 or 3 facetube rips, I havent downloaded anything illegally for a good 4 or 5 years. Ill pay for what I want, but I refuse to buy 12-15track albums when I only like 3 or 4 of the tracks.

good man, keeping it legal

2009-07-13 11:36:15

#16

The_Lance_117: CANADA STRONG; +110|6358|CANADA

i download something off of limewire about twice a week.
sorry swan.

2009-07-13 11:40:09

#17

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6578|Vancouver | Canada

..Do they pay to stream?

Also:
""I didn't even realise it was illegal for a long time, until I heard that the government were trying to stop it. That did put me off, but one of the big reasons I stopped doing it was because I would get viruses, more pop ups on my computer."
Some people are fucking idiots.

Also v2.0:

The_Lance_117 wrote:
i download something off of limewire about twice a week.
sorry swan.

Lol @ Limewire.

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2009-07-13 11:43:34

#18

TopHat01: Limitless; +117|6326|CA

If it's one song, I'll buy it. If it's an album, I'll usually "acquire" it.

TBH it's the game developers/publishers that should be more worried about me.

Last edited by TopHat01 (2009-07-13 11:43:53)

Check out my YouTube channel

2009-07-13 12:29:17

#19

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6892

CapnNismo wrote:
iTunes and Amazon music stores and other such businesses has proven, though, that people are willing to buy their music online. Best part is that a business like that is low-cost. You'd think the RIAA would figure it out.

Hideous services that still fuck the consumer in the ass. Case in point: my girlfriend has bought about 3,000 songs from the iTunes Store over the last few years - upon moving to our new house with a new laptop, she was told by iTunes that she could no longer authorise and listen to any of her songs until fucking October, because she has now listened to her collection on more than 3 computers- an arbitrarily imposed limit. What benefit does that have to either the consumer or the artist/record-company? Whatever stopped the traditional, cassette or CD-buying market from taking the CD around to their friend's house and sharing the music-love with them - recommending new artists and encouraging new fans? It's bullshit. 79p a song as well; the CD industry had extortionately inflated profit margins... there's no way they can carry on justifying £12 LP's, especially when they're now nothing but a series of digital 0's and 1's. Fuck those services, seriously.

The illegal sharing of music is far from collapse. It's thriving, more than ever, if anything. The big high-quality sites and services are still going strong, completely unchallenged and apparently unknown to the RIAA's sharkish lawyers and prosecution teams. The 'war' is just driving the pirates further into the underground - into private and inconspicuous societies and sites that cannot even provably be shown to participate in illegal activity, e.g. Waffles.fm. They think that the tides are turning, because services like Spotify make it easier for people to listen to music, for free? I fail to see how they're recuperating and regenerating the losses that they have suffered these last few years, just because in this change in user-trend.

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2009-07-13 12:35:11

#20

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6210|Catherine Black

Nobody will really read that all the way through Uzi.

2009-07-13 12:36:15

#21

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6892

Finray wrote:
Nobody will really read that all the way through Uzi.

And nobody will ever really admit to being your actual biological father, but I don't mention it after every single one of your posts.

Gain literacy, or fuck off.

_{libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual}. _{http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/}

2009-07-13 12:37:26

#22

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|7071

It's 30 seconds of reading at most...

EDIT: Beaten to it.

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2009-07-13 12:44:52

#23

Swan: The town bike; +54|5869

Uzique wrote:
Finray wrote:
Nobody will really read that all the way through Uzi.
And nobody will ever really admit to being your actual biological father, but I don't mention it after every single one of your posts.

Gain literacy, or fuck off.

QFE

Last edited by Swan (2009-07-13 12:45:08)

2009-07-13 12:54:01

#24

aimless: Member; +166|6547|Texas

I buy whatever I can't find through rapidshare.

2009-07-13 12:54:18

#25

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7003|SE London

Finray wrote:
Nobody will really read that all the way through Uzi.

Why not?

I read it and agreed with most of it. One thing that probably has reduced the illegal downloading of these things is the massively increased free availability of them. That doesn't really represent a change in trends, it's just that more of the stuff is now available freely or is off the radar.

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