Quote Originally Posted by oldbugger
i dont see why you let it get to you. did you ever tape stuff as kids? of course you did.
home taping was supposed to kill music, luckily it never did neither will a few illegal downloads.

if i was making a living from music i'd be happy with that i was doing what i loved be thankful i was leaving an impression on the kids that were stealing my music. thats all it will be...kids. they wouldnt of bought your record anyway so i very much doubt they are taking anything away from you at all.

i'd be happy that people wanted to steal my music actually. imagine if nobody gave a shit what you were doing at the moment. then you really would be pissed off. just a thought ;) (i may happen soon)


or you could always go and get a real job like me and work for a living :razz: :lol:


the above post is not to be taken too seriously ;)

mate
i'm 36 , when i was a kid all you had was a record player
a radio and a tape deck.
casettes sounded hissy ( and shitty ) and flat in comparison to your records
and the ultimte choice was to go buy the record if you wanted crystal sound.
then along came cds.....

cds sounded wonderful and you could still tape them
but you couldn't record them onto anything other than a casette tape
and the difference of quality became more apparent than ever before.

then dats came around , but they were expensive and soon became the professionals choice but were dropped from most major hi fi's manufacturers ranges shortly after their arrival onto the market place.. cos no one wanted them and mosst people had just replaced their entire record collection with cds.

then the internet appeared , people began to get faster computers and cd roms came alone , then the cd burner and finally the software for ripping and reburning audio to get round the scms
( serial copy management system ) encoded onto commercial cds.

what we have now
is FAR more sophisticated than just taping your favourite album so you can listen to it on your walkman.

you can make digital copies , exact replicas of audio art , sell them , give them to your mates , do whatever the f@ck you want with them.

it is not the same era as the phrase " home taping is killing music "
you know why home taping didn't kill music?


'cos it was crap that's why


take it seriously , 'cos it's in your backyard too.