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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 buy a lot of vinyl, but from second hand record dealers. im pretty sure none of this money finds its way back to the musicians, as theyre flogging albums for 3/4 quid a go, but im buying the music legally. i know this is a small part of a far bigger issue, but its food for thought :)i download a lot music supposedly illegally, but if i hear it on the radio or in a club it is deemed legal. the ownership thing is a grey area, but i know im supporting the music business because i spend a lot of money in it and do a lot of work for it. the idea of it being being branded a thief for my downloading is strange, as a musician myself i dont think of the music i play at gigs as a 'product' to be stolen. i think a lot of the people really worried about the downloading are the people who WOULD consider music a 'product', the people who market westlife, etc, as there was never a huge amount of money in it for the ordinary gigging recording artist during the early stages of their recording careers anyway. this has to be a big part of the problem - if people thought they were stealing from their favourite bands, their idols, their heroes, they wouldnt do it, but realistically if theyre stealing from anyone its the rich people at the top of the tree missing out, and they are the ones who have been nicking of the talented musicians for donkeys years anyway!

Tue 17 Jun, 2008

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