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    Do you illegally download?

    Believe me, I'll take physical over digital anyway. I do download music regularly, but I probably buy more CDs than your average person anyway.
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    Do you illegally download?

    Use SSL if your tracker supports it.
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    Do you illegally download?

    It's funny - looking at all of the albums I bought for myself within the last month (at least 15 albums), I realize that I wouldn't have even known about any of the artists if I hadn't downloaded their work already.
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    Do you illegally download?

    Definitely. Record labels have absolutely no control over merchandise or shows, so it's all fair game. Another reason I like to support independent labels is because their practices aren't completely corrupt like the RIAA whores. Independent labels are typically extremely supportive of their...
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    Do you illegally download?

    Yeah, there's probably no reason to use a lossless file unless you plan to make heavy use of equalization, big dB gain, etc. If you just listen to music in your player of choice and don't do much else, there's no reason to use anything higher than a 192 kb/s (V2) MP3.
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    Do you illegally download?

    Note that everything in the first part of Zeta's post applies to major labels. Small independent labels, on the other hand, are for the most part (with only very few exceptions) deserving of any support they can receive. Thankfully, about 95% of my music is from an independent label, so I always...
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    Do you illegally download?

    I can't emphasize the awesomeness of this article enough. It's long, but it's so enlightening. Everyone here should read it.
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    Do you illegally download?

    Because by giving them cars and six-bedroom houses, you are taking something away from someone else, whether it be the profit that the company would make or whoever owned it originally. Downloading music has no such effects, and actually benefits music as a whole.
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    Do you illegally download?

    I suppose because this thread is about the act of downloading material illegally as opposed to discussing the material itself.
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    Do you illegally download?

    Even to a casual listener 128 kb/s is pretty disgusting. 192 is typically the standard for MP3 encodings (or V2 at least), with hardcore audiophiles (*guilty*) being too snobby for anything that isn't lossless, OGG, or a V0 MP3. Limewire is crawling with malware, transcodes, and disturbingly...
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    Do you illegally download?

    It's still a public tracker. I have an account there, too, but I only use it as a last resort. You're not serious, are you?
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    Do you illegally download?

    A private tracker, but it can be hard to find invites to one. I'm afraid of public trackers - I know Demonoid, for example, doesn't really do a whole lot to encrypt your information. If you don't mind traditional downloading, there are a number of awesome LiveJournal communities like mp3_share...
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    Do you illegally download?

    Better question: Why should poor people not get to experience such a large part of modern culture?
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    Do you illegally download?

    I pirate because I care! I am a member of two private torrent sites and use them more frequently than my hard drive would like me to.
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