The music industry piracy problem

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#1 Doug-358
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In the age of digital sales how is it that people still keep pirating music which are already cheap?

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#2 Necrifer
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The cheaper music gets, the cheaper people get.

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#3 cybrcatter
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In the age of digital sales how is it that people still keep pirating music which are already cheap?

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I'd tell you how it's done, but if I recall correctly that's against the GS Terms of Use.
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#4 deactivated-5cacc9e03b460
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I don't think it really matters how cheap it is, free is better than cheap. And the fact that a person can steal all the music he/she wants and the chances of anyone bothering them is slim to none, it makes it all the more enticing.

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#5 MrGeezer
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In the age of digital sales how is it that people still keep pirating music which are already cheap?

Doug-358

Because paying nothing is even cheaper.

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#6 gameguy6700
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In the age of digital sales how is it that people still keep pirating music which are already cheap?

Doug-358
Because $0.79 to $0.99 for a song may sound cheap until you realize how quickly it adds up. People tend to not just pirate one song at a time, but dozens. I've even seen people pirate thousands of songs all in one sitting.
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#7 deactivated-6016e81e8e30f
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Because pirates don't give a f***.
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#8 dissonantblack
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music isn't useless. people are.

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#9 Bluestorm-Kalas
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Free still costs less than cheap.

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Because pirates don't give a f***.SeraphimGoddess

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#11 cybrcatter
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music isn't useless. people are.

dissonantblack






So sad.

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#12 Dystopian-X
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[QUOTE="dissonantblack"]

music isn't useless. people are.

cybrcatter






So sad.

He's a furf**.

Save your pity.

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#13 cybrcatter
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[QUOTE="cybrcatter"]

[QUOTE="dissonantblack"]

music isn't useless. people are.

Dystopian-X






So sad.

He's a furf**.

Save your pity.

I see.

In that case [spoiler] [/spoiler]

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#14 chessmaster1989
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[QUOTE="SeraphimGoddess"]Because pirates don't give a f***.Dystopian-X

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Wow... :lol:

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#15 Ontain
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i think there have been a few studies now that show that the ppl that pirate are alway spending more on other music related items, posters, shirts, concerts and even cds. maybe they would just rather save up for one of those instead.
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#16 Mochyc
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It's not cheap. 1 euro a song is expensive. 25 cents seems like a better deal to me.
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#17 deactivated-58b6232955e4a
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Most artists don't really care about piracy as long as people show up to their shows, it's a different story for the record companies.

Also, where can someone easily and legally download flac files?

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Because some people are only concerned with self....
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#19 shoot-first
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Because paying for things is overrated.

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#20 ThePerro
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Last I heard, music piracy has been slowing down. Some egg head study showed that people would rather stream music from sites like youtube or other similar websites than to actually own the songs themselves. When you can freely go online and listen to a song that you want to, it loosens the need to own it, because it's as if you already have the song, so long as you still have an internet connection ;)

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#21 Nifty_Shark
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It's not cheap. I buy physical and I cannot purchase nearly enough the music I wish I could have. 10 and under is an excellent price. Shoot for that.
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#22 blackngold29
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[QUOTE="Doug-358"]

In the age of digital sales how is it that people still keep pirating music which are already cheap?

MrGeezer

Because paying nothing is even cheaper.

This. The price and ease of purchase has gone down, but nothing beats free.