For this weeks blog I was a little surprised when reading
others post that they actually download music of iTunes. With so many different
ways for people to get music free why pay? I was also very surprised of Riley’s
comment when she said “You may be one of the first people I know of who purchases
albums off of Amazon (I'm curious to know why you don't buy the album at HMV or
Sunrise).” To answer this question, I use Amazon because it takes 1-2 days to
actually get the album. Amazon also offers discounts to repeat customers, which
is very useful. I find that with the advancements of online shopping that HMV
and Sunrise are very likely to go out of business, it is much easier to earn
the discounts from a site that you may purchase more then one item.
I was also surprised that newmediumnewmessage said, “I
have just recently discovered how easy it is to illegally download.” Many
people do not know websites in where they can download free music and some of
the websites are a little bit fishy when you first go on them. These websites
have popup, which can scare some people away. I have never heard of someone
being charged with downloading online. Though, I have once downloaded a movie
off a website when I was younger and got a message in the mail saying I have downloaded
a movie that is not out on DVD yet, and it was just a warning from Rogers that
I should stop. Also, like Riley said in her post "Being a musician/artist creating a fan base is way more important because those fans will support you by purchasing merchandise or concert tickets." The amount of money people saves when downloading music or DVD’s
for free can go towards people’s education instead towards iTunes. They can even go towards people going to see artist concerts in which they might purchase merchandise. I find that
it is very useful to download illegally and if someone asked me how to download
a song online I would gladly show them.
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