Technology Do You Pay For Online Music?

[Illuminattile]

How many of you actually pay for music online - from iTunes or Rhapsody or one of the other online music download services?

For those who don't, is there anything you can think of that would make you change your mind and pay to download songs/albums?

 

[bigmack]

I download and don't pay simply because 1. it isn't illegal to do so in my country and 2.i end up deleting it anyways after a few listens. If it's something i really like,i'll buy the cd when I get the chance to pass by the music store but i'm in no rush to do so. I would buy and pay if the tracks /albums were encoded in 320kbps bitrate though, instead of buying the cd.

 

[S O F I]

I don't pay and nothing would change my mind. Not even jail. Piracy for life!

 

[PuffnScruff]

i pay sometimes on itunes. just depends. example would be recently i couldnt find a hard copy of an album by an artist or find it for download anywhere. itunes had it and since i really wanted to hear it i said fuck it.
also sometimes itunes has sessions with different artists that you can only get on itunes and i might get a few songs or download the whole thing to listen to the interview with the artist and hear them talk about how they came up with certain songs.

most of the stuff i download off of itunes isnt rap music though.

 

[Bobby Sands]

I will download albums that are impossible to find here in Ireland.But i prefer to buy albums just to have the cd,booklet etc.Ill will always buy 2Pac's music.id never download it illegally.I dont buy music online from i-tunes

 

[Jeremy]

No, I buy cds.

 

[Rahim]

I give myself a dollar everytime I download a song from DC++

 

[Get In The Van I Have Candy]

I don't pay simply because I don't download as much as I did back in the days. There is no single artists out there other than Kanye & Game that I am really interested in hearing. Most new artists always talk about the bling, hoes or recycle another old song to death.

I listened to mostly my old songs that I have on my ipod. Havent added any new songs/albums in a long time.

 

[Kevsta2004]

No, I buy cd's cos you get a nice booklet & jewel case most of the time I just dl stuff off DC++ an say fuck the RIAA in the process :laugh:

 

[_carmi]

no i don't. cause three quarters of what i download i'll listen to it only once or twice.

 

[ChrisZimbo]

only reason for buying is hard to get songs

 

[BIG NASTY]

i buy CDs that are cheap and I know they will be good.

example: DJ Quik: Way 2 Fonky (3 fucking dollars)

 

[S. Fourteen]

I don't pay for the music I download off the net.

I can think of two things that could lead me to paying. One, the availability and two, the sound quality.

 

[BIG NASTY]

one thing is for sure, internet downloading helps me find out what I like compared to going out and buying a CD which I have no idea how it is.

 

[troublesome2004]

I don't pay and nothing would change my mind. Not even jail. Piracy for life!

:thumb: Same with me.

 

[BIG NASTY]

The thing I don't like about pirated copies is that it isn't true CDQ. But you can't be picky when you aren't paying for it I guess.

 

[Salar]

I pay
But the things i pay for are generally rare rare songs that you can't get at stores and generally are too hard to find on p2p programs.
PLUS i only get my music at 320kbps and it's a little harder finding it at that quality these days. But you do notice the difference when you pump it in a club.

 

[Salar]

I would buy and pay if the tracks /albums were encoded in 320kbps bitrate though, instead of buying the cd.

There are plenty of sites that do this. DJ's won't get anything less. Just don't go on the major websites and you'll be surprised. I did wish itunes sold at 320kbps though.