[Dogstar]

Quote: (Originally Posted by bilal)

alright ...alright........i tried to convince you..............but since ur sure ull be buying the album any ways........prolly thats the reason ur not feeling bad for ur downloading and listenin to the songs...............but i am sure ull agree on pure grounds that piracy is infact piracy....ur intentions are honest but not of the one who actually ripped the songs and uploaded it....ur not the only one whos gonna downaload the songs from the above link and then listen em .............may be some 1000 peeps will download it and never buy the album...........hehehe...........and yeh......ur right about that copying songs to cassets and giving to freinds....no body actaully considers that as piracy too..............ive done that in the past too......even the books u buy....it says dont lent it to any one esle too............in strick sence...........u cant even lend the book to ur brother or room mate.........hehehe............i myself will perfer to fail the exam then to borrow and read.......for me its piracy too.............i am not blaming you....i. am blaming this whole system of piracy..............and thats the only reason i am not downloading.....................

peacE!

On a purely black-and-white level, you are right, it's still piracy in some form, and the same holds true for sewing and knitting patterns. They charge a ton for those because they know darn well the buyer will lend it to someone or make a copy of it for someone. So yes, it's the same. But as far as keeping me from downloading, I guess I would feel more guilty if I weren't going to buy the CD. I rarely download just to have it because I like liner notes and looking at album art. My downloading is for shopping purposes . I buy more CDs than I ever have because of hearing someone else's copy of something. If I like it, which a lot of times, I do, I'll buy it. It's the same as if a person let me borrow the CD to listen to it. For me, there's no difference because I end up buying it anyway .