ParisNair wrote:
Yara wrote:
I downloaded them all for free on the web and am satisfied with that.
I downloaded all the albums off the web too, but was satisfied only for a short while. I looked for the albums at the music stores and realised Queen is in short supply (demand) over here (India). A search at the largest music store in Mumbai threw up only The Works and A Kind Of Magic, the Freddie Video collection DVD and the QRM DVD.
I decided to order the rest through Amazon, and started saving for it. Then I struck gold when a cousin announced he was visiting Japan, because I'd just found on some website that the compelete Queen albums catalog was being launched in Japan in a brand new package. He confirmed that its available at a music store near the place he is staying in Tokyo, and will be getting it for me when he's back in October.
It will certainly cost me a package, but guess what, I'm gonna be paid a bonus in Oct so I can afford it : D
It takes time, but it's worthwhile to get it for free on the web - through P2P clients, for instance, it's possible to find any Queen album in FLAC or lossless quality, with covers and so on. I downloaded it all, I kept my PC on and just let it go - I burned the CDS, and some of them are already the Japanese releases you're refering to. They play great either on IPod or DTS 5.1, and I payed for it, considering the large use of the band, not even 1/5 the price I'd have payed buying the originals.
DVDS are all ripped off in perfect quality and sold here in markets and so on, even bootleg concerts from Queen, they'd charge you like 10 dollars. It's sure worthwhile.
The money I spared I used to improve my savings, buy books and musical equipments and other stuff which furthers my education and culture.
So, I guess it's a non-zero sum game: Queen gains a fan, who goes to the concert - I went to the Q+PR!, someone enthusiastic about the band who'll spread the word about it and make it more popular and, therefore, rentable as a logo and I enjoy the music while enhancing my education and building my savings.
But, of course, this is me, I have no moral or ethical barries when it comes to this kind of things - even the law is so ambiguous about it here...copyright is such a controversial issue, because, in some way, the state has to provide me the free access to culture and education whitout forcing me to sacrifice my basic needs.
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By the way, I laughed out loud at your remark, Jake Britt. Hahaha. Thanks, always good to have a good laugh.
Humor is a cornerstone of civilization!
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