Gizmodo poll on music downloading

Alisa · 06-17-2008, 07:45 PM

Ok, so it's not ebooks but I know people in the industry do tend to look to what goes on in music when they gauge the risks from illegal downloading. Today, Gizmodo polled their readers on the subject. Currently half of all respondents claim their music collections are "75-100% illegal". A mere 6.5% are claiming to be squeaky clean. (Polls are still open.)

basschick · 06-18-2008, 12:26 AM

i know a lot of people who download music, and they're always surprised that i have for years had a recurring rhapsody membership. all the music in my mp3 players is from rhapsody, all nice and licensed.

i work on the internet and years ago winzip had a trial that allowed eternal use of winzip - the only thing to stop people was their terms. know how well that worked? when a webmaster posted a thread on a business board asking how long everyone had had their unpaid version of winzip working, almost everyone was at 4+ years, a few at over 7. and these are webmasters who are always on the lookout for people who steal their intellectual property.

i, btw, have a registered copy of winzip - but then, apparently i'm a weirdo

Alisa · 06-18-2008, 03:40 AM

I have to admit I don't feel bad about ripping my own CDs for backups. I wish they had an option for that. I have some of my own CDs but no illegal downloads. I do also have a registered copy of winzip. I use it a lot. They've definitely earned my money. I think the point of my original post was realizing just how much a weirdo I am feeling the need to reciprocate for what I use.

astra · 06-18-2008, 04:11 AM

I used to download a lot of mp3s.
Not anymore.
Internet radio is more than enough for me

Xenophon · 06-18-2008, 09:34 AM

My entire music collection is squeaky-clean legal. Either ripped from CDs I own (legal in the US, regardless of what the RIAA likes to claim); ripped from vinyl I own (ditto), downloads paid for from iTunes (a very few), or the occasional free sample from a record label (thanks Telarc!).

I really believe in artists and other creatives getting paid for their work.

Xenophon

Oh yeah... There's one disc I copied from a friend because it was not commercially available at all. And for that one, I contacted the band's agents -- who wrote back instructing me to donate the $2 that would have been the band's profits to my favorite charity; the agents paid the composer/arranger royalties on the music out of their own pockets 'cause they were so boggled that a total stranger would ask them how to pay for a copied disc that they'd never have known about.

So I guess that one's legal too.

pilotbob · 06-18-2008, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by basschick

i, btw, have a registered copy of winzip - but then, apparently i'm a weirdo

Another weirdo here. (although it doesn't help much on my mac).

BOb

TallMomof2 · 06-19-2008, 06:06 PM

Heck, I even make donations for shareware.

Justy · 06-19-2008, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TallMomof2

Heck, I even make donations for shareware.

Me too! I've done enough programming in my life to know how much work goes into a good piece of software. If I use it and like it, then it's worth donating something for it.

RickyMaveety · 06-19-2008, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TallMomof2

Heck, I even make donations for shareware.

Me three. All of my mp3s are either ripped from CDs I own, or I have purchased them through iTunes and burned them back to mp3 so that I can play them at home (my stereo system -- through TIVO -- doesn't play iTunes directly or anything other than mp3). Anything I ever got from a pirated source has long ago been replaced by iTunes purchases and the original files deleted.

However, I can't see the original poll .... so I'm just guessing that my response is on point.

06-17-2008, 07:45 PM	#1
Alisa Gadget Geek Posts: 2,324 Karma: 22221 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Paperwhite, Kindle 3 (retired), Skindle 1.2 (retired)	Gizmodo poll on music downloading Ok, so it's not ebooks but I know people in the industry do tend to look to what goes on in music when they gauge the risks from illegal downloading. Today, Gizmodo polled their readers on the subject. Currently half of all respondents claim their music collections are "75-100% illegal". A mere 6.5% are claiming to be squeaky clean. (Polls are still open.)

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06-18-2008, 12:26 AM	#2
basschick Wizard Posts: 1,096 Karma: 4695691 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	i know a lot of people who download music, and they're always surprised that i have for years had a recurring rhapsody membership. all the music in my mp3 players is from rhapsody, all nice and licensed. i work on the internet and years ago winzip had a trial that allowed eternal use of winzip - the only thing to stop people was their terms. know how well that worked? when a webmaster posted a thread on a business board asking how long everyone had had their unpaid version of winzip working, almost everyone was at 4+ years, a few at over 7. and these are webmasters who are always on the lookout for people who steal their intellectual property. i, btw, have a registered copy of winzip - but then, apparently i'm a weirdo

06-18-2008, 03:40 AM	#3
Alisa Gadget Geek Posts: 2,324 Karma: 22221 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Paperwhite, Kindle 3 (retired), Skindle 1.2 (retired)	I have to admit I don't feel bad about ripping my own CDs for backups. I wish they had an option for that. I have some of my own CDs but no illegal downloads. I do also have a registered copy of winzip. I use it a lot. They've definitely earned my money. I think the point of my original post was realizing just how much a weirdo I am feeling the need to reciprocate for what I use.

06-18-2008, 04:11 AM	#4
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	I used to download a lot of mp3s. Not anymore. Internet radio is more than enough for me

06-18-2008, 09:34 AM	#5
Xenophon curmudgeon Posts: 1,481 Karma: 5748190 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Redwood City, CA USA Device: Kobo Aura HD, (ex)nook, (ex)PRS-700, (ex)PRS-500	My entire music collection is squeaky-clean legal. Either ripped from CDs I own (legal in the US, regardless of what the RIAA likes to claim); ripped from vinyl I own (ditto), downloads paid for from iTunes (a very few), or the occasional free sample from a record label (thanks Telarc!). I really believe in artists and other creatives getting paid for their work. Xenophon Oh yeah... There's one disc I copied from a friend because it was not commercially available at all. And for that one, I contacted the band's agents -- who wrote back instructing me to donate the $2 that would have been the band's profits to my favorite charity; the agents paid the composer/arranger royalties on the music out of their own pockets 'cause they were so boggled that a total stranger would ask them how to pay for a copied disc that they'd never have known about. So I guess that one's legal too.

06-19-2008, 06:06 PM	#7
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	Heck, I even make donations for shareware.

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