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I was born with "methemoglobinemia"

And whilst I am spamming this thread:

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It's a whopper indeed. It's probably really meaningful and probably quite profound yet still, somehow, nonsense! No offence, Shimmer. - Buffbill

no no no, i like the foreigners. it's those c nts in white football shirts that get on my tits. - GA (on England)

The music industry has lost touch with reality. There is enough money within the industry for everyone to be happy. Once they sort their own house out, then and only then, do they have the right to complain about illegal downloads. Until that day the blinged-up spoilt and pampered musicians can crawl home to their million dollar cribs and shut the fuck up.

It's simple really. Reduce the price of a CD and I'll buy them. I'm not paying £18 for one though. That is fucking ridiculous.

Who the fuck does unless it's a rare import or summat??

The average cost on Play, Amazon and even the supermarkets is about £8-9.

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Joeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

I bought the brand new Subways this week - £10. That's cool enough. Anything over that and you start thinking, rip off.

He has a point Emigre, I know you live in a remote spot but surely you can do better than 18 quid?

Have you heard about this new super internet highway thingy or hasn't that reached you yet?

Oh Metallica are fookin awesome.

I went to that restaurant that Bamber Gascoigne has just opened last week.

Ten pounds for a starter, outrageous!

I buy my music online, usually i-tunes store, for around £3-£8 per album. I still believe these prices could be greatly reduced as there is zero packaging costs in delivering music this way.

If you want to live in a big house with big bling and big cars then fine. Just don't bitch to me that you don't have enough money because people keep downloading your music for free. Pisses me right off.

I was attempting to make a point. Won't bother again.

I tend to buy back catalogue stuff from ebay, usually 3-5 quid. Got 2 on their way, Concretes debut, and Dead Poppies - less than £5 inc. postage for both. The concretes alone in stores i've seen for about £11.

That raises a good point though. If you buy music at ebay then isn't that the same as illegally downloading it. After all the artist only gets paid for the original record, so the money you pay for it all goes in to the pocket of the guy who first bought it.

Not saying that's wrong, but it is a point. What's the difference between file-sharing and buying second hand?

That brings us back to someone taking a dvd over to a mates house to watch it together

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When i get sad, i stop being sad and be awesome instead.....true story.

That's only the equivalent of buying music from record fairs or second hand shops. Of course the artist only gets paid the once, has always been the case.

There is an artist in Dublin, Robert Ballagh, who is campaigning for artists to receive part of the money earned by the selling of their art by dealers in future sales.

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And put on that wig I bought you. No, no, no, no. The reddish-brown one.

I know. But how does that differ from file-sharing. I'm not defending anything. I just think it raises an interesting point. If you illegally download a song the artist receives nothing. If you buy second-hand the artist receives nothing. Same, you see.

The difference is you're selling property that has been paid for, royalties, taxes the lot. You're not keeping the original and selling a copy. Same thing applies to books and DVD's, the only way the industry can prosecute you is if you make the material public without their permission, therefore breaking copyright law.

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Joeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

In the last 3 years I have purchased approximately 4 x CDs from music stores, I download the rest, 95% of which I do not pay for.

I do not feel bad about that, whoever said before that music companies should sort themselves out first was spot on. Borderline thuggery the majority of them.

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KYPU

Crim blood runs do deep.

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Joeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

I've never download. This has more to do with not owning a home pc. There are plenty of ways of getting your music for free or very cheaply on the net. There is no need to download illegally.

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