iPods half full of illegal tracks
Research conducted by the University of Hertfordshire has uncovered that 48% of the music stored on the average digital music player has been downloaded illegally. The figure rises to almost 80% amongst teenagers. The extent of illegal downloading by one of the largest survey of youth music ownership has shocked the industry, which is struggling to cope with declining CD sales.
Former Undertones front man Fergal Sharkey and now Chief Executive of British Music Rights said "I was one of those people who went around the back of the bike shed with songs I had taped off the radio the night before. But this totally dwarfs that, and anything we expected." His comments certainly seem to reflect a growing trend, as CD sales declined by 10% in 2007.
The study also shows:
63% of people illegally download
Just 15% of respondents are persuaded not to upload because of the risk of getting caught
95% engage in some form of copying
Have you ever downloaded a track to your ipod illegally and if so how much of your music collection does it account for?
now i don't defend that illegal copying is bad there should be measures put in place to stop, how i wouldn't like to even begin to think how that would happen.
but while there is a loop hole people will exploit it.
in my opinion after a certain time that the track has come out it should be available free that way people will buy the new songs to be Cool!
like movies after a certain time they appear on the T.V for everyone to watch. makes sense don't you think???
If an artist is good, they will get the money they deserve from me.
legal music is quick, easy and of amazing quality, illegal music is slow, has no song info and is of poor quality.
music is a way of life, limit the free music - limit someones quality of life.
on the other hand poeple need to make music, and if there's no profit there aint gonna be professional music
Surely a person refraining from spending on a poor family without food is more 'sickening' then someone spending on some corporate company that is proabably takign advantage of people in poor countries in the first place.
And it is that kind of person that i think truly is 'scum'
There is so much good free music out there, there's no need to download illegal music anymore. Open your eyes and dig deep, you'll be surprised at the talent giving it away for free.
Forget the icons, fashion, photo shoots, fancy videos...get back to the music and let these stars argue with each other about why no one buys their crap anymore!
and it is at the moment, so is ok. Neither artists nor listeners should feel bad about downloading it and listening it:]
i still think most people like to have a cd collection, if anything downloading might make some people aware of a band they would have never bought a cd from, and may actually make the artist more money from going to live shows and supporting them.
either way, its here to stay and has been happening for the past 8 years or so....
So, what? A car is expensive so do you steal that too? Perfume is expensive, do you shove a bottle into your bag on the way out the shop?
CDs are actually cheaper than they were ten years ago, where in the likes of HMV you would be paying £15 for an album. The new Coldplay album was £7 in Asda. That's less than a pound a song.
Stop making excuses, you penny-pinching LOSER. You're here on a MUSIC site yet you're too cheap and nasty to actually put your hand in your pocket and pay for the music you like?
People like you make me SICK. You should be ashamed of yourself. Scum.
Well no one is stealing something and keeping for themselves forever and being selfish.
U go to Shop and buy water , there its well packed and is in bottle, so we buy there, doesnt mean we shouldnt drink water in the well or rivers, same goes to music baby..... music once it is in mp3 format and on internet, its no ones property.
Its not like all we are stealing artists money. Every music album makes money( by high quality music enthus). Get adjust to the fact that , thats there is saturation of every music albums life time.
Its not like either music industry or artists are poor, they are fu#%ing rich.
So whats the problem, I am not making money of selling the CD copies, we have it in our Ipod and just enjoy them ourselves.
Radiohead set a good example with their las outing and allowed users to pay what they wished (albeit with a minimum price to pay)...
everything changes...
Come on HOLLAND!! You can do it!!!
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Cary Sherman told BBC News Online that music would always be available for free somewhere on the net despite costly court battles to shut down illegal music sites.
He said the aim was to bring the proliferation of sites under control so that business were free to continue to make money.
Even if illegal sites were removed now, a huge vacuum would be created
Mark Mulligan, Jupiter Research
"Our aim is not to completely eliminate music piracy or illegal peer-to-peer services altogether, " said Mr Sherman.
"As long as it is within a reasonable amount of control then we will be happy but we are still a long way from that."
Mark Mulligan, an analyst with Jupiter Research, agreed that the music industry would never fully be able to eradicate illegal file sharing.
"There will always be those willing to develop alternative illegal services.
"It has got to be accepted that file sharing will always be there just as shoplifting is accepted as wastage in the retail sector."
Mr Sherman's comments come as research shows more people than ever are willing to pay for songs on the internet and the music industry starts to hope people will turn to legitimate services.
'Exploding
According to Jupiter, 19% of people surveyed said they would pay for song downloads over the internet, up from 16% a year ago.
The RIAA, which has spearheaded court action against illegal sites, said legitimate online music services were "exploding".
"The overriding goal of our efforts to curb illegal internet music trafficking has been to foster an online environment where the legitimate services can succeed," said RIAA chairman Hilary Rosen. Legal music sites
Musicnet
Pressplay
Rhapsody
Rioport
Emusic
"It is also encouraging that the extraordinary progress of the legitimate online market in the US is being mirrored around the world," she added.
But Mr Mulligan said major music labels and online music distributors were yet to convince the masses that the internet was a good source of paid-for music.
The music industry is convinced illegal music downloads are having a detrimental effect on record sales.
Album sales in the US in 2002 were down for the second year in a row - dropping more than 10% on the previous year.
Mr Mulligan said the proliferation of illegal sites had to be tackled before people would start paying for their music online.
Pledged
"Illegal file sharing has to be driven into the underground by making legitimate offerings compelling," he said.
The music industry is targeting downloads at work
The RIAA has pledged to crack down even harder on illegal music sites in 2003 - targeting offices and universities where people use computers to download songs.
"We are taking the message to universities and corporations that illegal downloads waste bandwidth and expose their networks to security problems," said Mr Sherman.
The scale of the problem is huge - in 2001 IFPI and affiliated national groups were responsible for the removal of:
1,060 unauthorised servers
28,000 pirate web and music sites
700 million unauthorised music files
The IFPI estimates that 99% of all music files exchanged on the net are illegal and that in May 2002 there were about 500 million files available for copying at any one time.
'Experimentation'
Mr Mulligan said the offerings of US services MusicNet and Pressplay, which are backed by major labels, remained "experimentation".
"Even if illegal sites were removed now a huge vacuum would be created.
"In the US there are a handful of legitimate offerings but in Europe there are almost no real legitimate forms available."
Mr Mulligan said that in Europe there needed to a higher penetration of broadband, simpler licensing agreements and more legitimate offerings before the market could take off.
He said: "The whole of the internet has been a free content model. You have to convince people that it is worth paying for good quality content."
Mr Sherman admitted that the only response to illegal peer-to-peer services was to promote "legal, attractive alternatives that will make consumers want to pay for their music".
Well no one is stealing something and keeping for themselves forever and being selfish.
U go to Shop and buy water , there its well packed and is in bottle, so we buy there, doesnt mean we shouldnt drink water in the well or rivers, same goes to music baby..... music once it is in mp3 format and on internet, its no ones property.
Its not like all we are stealing artists money. Every music album makes money( by high quality music enthus). Get adjust to the fact that , thats there is saturation of every music albums life time.
Its not like either music industry or artists are poor, they are stinking rich.
So whats the problem, I am not making money of selling the CD copies, we have it in our Ipod and just enjoy them ourselves.