2011-04-26, 12:57 PM
How old are you?
17
Have you ever illegally downloaded a music file?
No.
If so then when did you start downloading music illegally? And how? (napster, limewire, various other ways)?
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If you dont pirate music what are your reasons?
If I were an artist trying to make a living out of my work, I wouldn't like piracy. I wouldn't like it at all. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Sure you can steal it, but it wasn't free for the person who made it.
Question pertaining to a time before you ever pirated a music file:
How many albums were you buying, on average, per month? (Whether from paid download services such as Itunes, or buying cds from stores)
0.
Roughly how many different artists were featured in your collection, how many different genres?
0-2 for both.
How often did you go to concerts?
Never.
Questions pertaining to if you answered yes to downloading music illegally
How many albums or songs are you downloading illegally, on average, per month?
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How many albums or songs are you buying, and if so why do you choose to buy them when you can simply download them for free?
-
Roughly how many different artists are featured in your collection, how many different genres?
-
How often do you go to concerts?
Never.
Would you say you listen to music more now than you did before illegal downloads?
-
How acceptable is piracy to you?
It's getting more and more accepted in the society, but I believe that if everyone downloaded all the media from internet, there soon wouldn't be hardly any new (good) movies, games, music etc.
Why do you believe piracy is not seen as stealing by many people?
Because the chance to get caught is really small.
Do you think piracy has, in anyway, changed the music industry for the better?
I honestly cannot answer that one as I don't know what the income of an artist consists of. Better for the consumers, sure. Even for the people who don't download music illegally, there's now services that are legally run with advertisement funds and/or small monthly fee's (such as Spotify).
/end survey
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random note: I'm probably only one in this thread who has never downloaded music illegally. The survey didn't ask about in-browser applications, so I'm not as clean as some may think.
17
Have you ever illegally downloaded a music file?
No.
If so then when did you start downloading music illegally? And how? (napster, limewire, various other ways)?
-
If you dont pirate music what are your reasons?
If I were an artist trying to make a living out of my work, I wouldn't like piracy. I wouldn't like it at all. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Sure you can steal it, but it wasn't free for the person who made it.
Question pertaining to a time before you ever pirated a music file:
How many albums were you buying, on average, per month? (Whether from paid download services such as Itunes, or buying cds from stores)
0.
Roughly how many different artists were featured in your collection, how many different genres?
0-2 for both.
How often did you go to concerts?
Never.
Questions pertaining to if you answered yes to downloading music illegally
How many albums or songs are you downloading illegally, on average, per month?
-
How many albums or songs are you buying, and if so why do you choose to buy them when you can simply download them for free?
-
Roughly how many different artists are featured in your collection, how many different genres?
-
How often do you go to concerts?
Never.
Would you say you listen to music more now than you did before illegal downloads?
-
How acceptable is piracy to you?
It's getting more and more accepted in the society, but I believe that if everyone downloaded all the media from internet, there soon wouldn't be hardly any new (good) movies, games, music etc.
Why do you believe piracy is not seen as stealing by many people?
Because the chance to get caught is really small.
Do you think piracy has, in anyway, changed the music industry for the better?
I honestly cannot answer that one as I don't know what the income of an artist consists of. Better for the consumers, sure. Even for the people who don't download music illegally, there's now services that are legally run with advertisement funds and/or small monthly fee's (such as Spotify).
/end survey
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random note: I'm probably only one in this thread who has never downloaded music illegally. The survey didn't ask about in-browser applications, so I'm not as clean as some may think.