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'Nearly 100 per cent of music fans copy music illegally'

Poll reveals fans' downloading and copying habits

Tue 17 Jun, 2008

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I think the excuses for downloading by Yrvancouver and Ed2005 and a couple of others are pretty poor. I've never illegally downloaded music and I have several thousand CDs plus tapes and vinyl. I've been shopping online for 7 years or so, and I don't think there is a CD yet, including out of print, that I haven't been able to find (though some at a hefty price). A quick search on Amazon UK, and half.com and Amazon US and I found all the music they listed as impossible to find. Watusi was a bit pricey (but readily available), but half.com had several Darling Buds albums for 40p! Amazon UK had Boards of Canada Peel Sessions for a fiver, and Doppelganger for a couple of quid. I'm sure you could communicate with a seller of a used copy if you needed to get a CD shipped from overseas (I live in the US now and have plenty of stuff shipped over). If you can work out how to post a message here you can work out how to find ANY CD on the web! For tapes and vinyl that are too expensive to get on CD (or unavailable) that's another issue, but you can always convert them to mp3. Even CDs that are copy-protected can be easily converted to mp3 with the right software. Bottom line - you can find anything you want online with a little effort.

Wed 18 Jun, 2008

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