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robgomm · 16 Dec 2010, 12:56

There was a report out this morning which makes for interesting reading and also an interesting discussion.

Apparently in the UK currently 7.7million people regularly download music illegally, and in the last year alone 1.2billion tracks have been downloaded illegally. Now as the UK music industry currently gets nearly 25% of it's revenue from downloads, the illegal downloads are really hurting the industry.

But you know it's an intersting thing to discuss, because I was saying to my Wife about it and she said, well what's the difference between what these poeple are doing now on the internet, and what we all did years ago when we used to tape the top 40 songs off the radio? Surely that was illegal copying too? And also if you think about it if you've got a DVD recorder at home, you can easily record tons of songs off of music channels and digital radio stations.

Now I have to admit, I have downloaded Meat Loaf songs in the past, BUT, this has only been songs from live shows that were never released on CD or video or DVD, am I wrong for doing this? I don't think I am, because there is a line to be drawn. If it's an officially released track, album, or DVD, that's when it's illegal in my book, because then you are hurting the music industry. But then I am saying it's illegal to tape stuff off the radio or record stuff on your DVD player, which i'm not sure I agree with, so my thoughts contradict themselves!

Anyway i'd love to hear everyones views on it, the report was really quite shocking to me with the numbers involved.

16 Dec 2010, 12:56	#1
robgomm Mega Loafer Join Date: 22.10.2006 Location: Hemel Hempstead, UK Posts: 1,671	Interesting report on illegal downloads There was a report out this morning which makes for interesting reading and also an interesting discussion. Apparently in the UK currently 7.7million people regularly download music illegally, and in the last year alone 1.2billion tracks have been downloaded illegally. Now as the UK music industry currently gets nearly 25% of it's revenue from downloads, the illegal downloads are really hurting the industry. But you know it's an intersting thing to discuss, because I was saying to my Wife about it and she said, well what's the difference between what these poeple are doing now on the internet, and what we all did years ago when we used to tape the top 40 songs off the radio? Surely that was illegal copying too? And also if you think about it if you've got a DVD recorder at home, you can easily record tons of songs off of music channels and digital radio stations. Now I have to admit, I have downloaded Meat Loaf songs in the past, BUT, this has only been songs from live shows that were never released on CD or video or DVD, am I wrong for doing this? I don't think I am, because there is a line to be drawn. If it's an officially released track, album, or DVD, that's when it's illegal in my book, because then you are hurting the music industry. But then I am saying it's illegal to tape stuff off the radio or record stuff on your DVD player, which i'm not sure I agree with, so my thoughts contradict themselves! Anyway i'd love to hear everyones views on it, the report was really quite shocking to me with the numbers involved.