illegal copying

How is it that an audio cassette costs about the same to make as a CD, but CD's cost 70% more?

Music industry collusion (price fixing).

The Music industry has already lost a class action lawsuit in the USA ...

I was bored so I read some more of this. I just want to say that I pretty much agree with everything Bullwinkle has said. I have stated some very strong opinions, but just to make one thing clear: I do think that if you like something you hear and it's available for purchase, you should pay for it if you can. I think there are fundamental flaws in the laws regarding this stuff in terms of royalties and who owns stuff. Like it or not, there are strong arguments either way, it's not cut and dry.. such as my argument about used CDs ;)

I also wanted to point out that I was referring to Bullwinkle's signature, not Stone Cold Crazy.. I made a mistake.

I see both sides and agree with points on both sides. I usually download a couple songs that haven't been radio played yet, from a new album to see if I will like it, then I purchase the album if I deem it is worth buying. I am guilty I guess but my purpose in downloading is not to get out of paying for something, if that makes me any better of a person ;). I will also download an old song or two if I am unable to find it in the store.

New here btw. Hi to everyone.

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hey Fallen Bowling for Soup is a local band...:) meaning they live around Dallas ...Denton to be exact :)

Fenderek, maybe you would buy those gigs if they were officially released, but not everyone. Why would someone who has a certain gig in excellent quality want to buy it? By releasing bootlegs, the bootleg labels actually "keep" QP from releasing those shows... True, QP will never release all these shows, but the fact remains that once some of the backcatalogue is already available there's no need to release it. Agreed?

Hmm, the order of the posts is manipulated O.o

Do you get an allowance? Do your parents ever buy things for you? How about Christmas money? I'm 21 and I still get money from some relatives for Christmas, and my birthday too. I remember at age 13 having some source of income back then. Damn, now I feel old.