http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/mp3-players-carry-illegal-tunes/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:07:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/mp3-players-carry-illegal-tunes/#comment-56805 Corey Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:50:00 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-56805 I couldnt agree more, this wasnt an issue when people recorded music off the radio on to tape, or shared vinyl. What about reselling old vinyl for a profit? Musicians and bands make their mark not by just the radio, but by hearing the music and getting it for free. If they like it enough, they can go and buy the rest of the album. Point being, people copied tapes forever and now since we can download music, people are surprised that they are doing it illegally? I couldnt agree more, this wasnt an issue when people recorded music off the radio on to tape, or shared vinyl. What about reselling old vinyl for a profit? Musicians and bands make their mark not by just the radio, but by hearing the music and getting it for free. If they like it enough, they can go and buy the rest of the album. Point being, people copied tapes forever and now since we can download music, people are surprised that they are doing it illegally?

]]> http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/mp3-players-carry-illegal-tunes/#comment-56806 Kevin Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:04:55 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-56806 As soon as a person purchases a digital copy of a song, that person should legally be able to do whatever he/she wants with it; whether that is to share it, trash it, copy it, etc. The amount of this sharing/etc shouldn't be an issue and should actually be looked upon as being a positive aspect of the industry, because the musician's music is getting out to the masses. Isn't this what they wanted to accomplish? The reason artists are doing so well, is because they're making a crapload of money from touring... historically, that's how these people make their money, anyway. As soon as a person purchases a digital copy of a song, that person should legally be able to do whatever he/she wants with it; whether that is to share it, trash it, copy it, etc. The amount of this sharing/etc shouldn't be an issue and should actually be looked upon as being a positive aspect of the industry, because the musician's music is getting out to the masses. Isn't this what they wanted to accomplish? The reason artists are doing so well, is because they're making a crapload of money from touring… historically, that's how these people make their money, anyway.

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