Comments on: The Death of Music Ownership and Illegal Downloading

By: Dane

Dane — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:02:13 +0000

File sharing is not going away. Yes, people are using streaming services. But until every (portable) device can stream (this will take YEARS if ever) every artist (this will never happen) including new/unsigned artists, file sharing will occur. Also, what I never see mentioned is friends sending songs to each other…people still do this and if I want you to check out a song it doesn’t make sense for me to tell you to stream it when you have a chance (in which case you’d hafta remember the band/title) instead of having a mp3 ready to play.

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By: Col³man Horn

Col³man Horn — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:02:17 +0000

yeah, that or the fact that everybody has already downloaded what they needed… and we see a drop in D/L’s because of that..

Also, what about portable players which are not online all times.. um, they need local copies..

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By: John Lennon

John Lennon — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:37:22 +0000

Where does that leave the up and coming local artists? They need to be able to make it somehow and that is by selling their music and getting support by the community. Lets bring it back to the roots

By: Michel

Michel — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:05:34 +0000

I agree that music filesharing is being replaced by streaming, but the reason the number of searches for “free mp3s” have gone down is because everyone already knows where to get their free mp3s.

That’s like saying webmail is declining in popularity because nobody is searching for “free online email account” anymore.

By: ian

ian — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:15:22 +0000

I agree- heard of Spotify, Dan?

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Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:13:23 +0000

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By: Chris Allison

Chris Allison — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:29:33 +0000

i’ve been using lala.com for months now and I don’t forsee ever downloading music again

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