So recently I was going through my iPod and was like:
Ya know, I'm not a 'staving student' now, I have a steady job and I can afford to buy the actual songs on my ipod. That being said, my playlist was about 1500 songs (many are remixes). Not only that, but most I don't even appreciate or listen to.
All in all, I decided that enough is enough. To slim my list down to music I actually listen to, I will purchase all the albums I enjoy and delete anything I do not even have a playcount on. This has now been done and my iPod is all paid for with blood.
Now here's where the discussion comes in (and there's quite a bit of grounds). What constitutes someones right to digital media? As a university student my logic was, I can't afford it, so, I will just take a digital version for now.
Also, in terms of 'sampling' digital media, what are your thoughts? Like if someone d/l a rom of X game, but if they are completely satisfied and ultimately purchase the game, does that justify them d/l it? Or if they d/l and do not like it, should they be penalized for d/l it in the 1st place?
Another thing I have been wondering about is television. For example, every Wednesday night I wait for the new episode of South Park to air. Then I d/l it and immediately delete it. Mainly due to my lack of ability to watch it as it airs (which I would). Do you see this as wrong? Does a lack of 'connection' to the real thing justify d/l a TV episode? What about people using TVO and sharing that?
My final point of discussion is the ability to d/l full length feature films. I for one, ALWAYS purchase a movie if I watch it and believe the artist truly deserves my money. Like, for example, I d/l some movie I seriously enjoyed and would like to watch over again. I am prone to buying it. If I don't enjoy it at all, chances are I will not even tell other people about it.
So to sum up all my examples:
Is d/l digital alright if you are sampling it?
If you can't afford it?
Don't have other access to it?
Ya know, I'm not a 'staving student' now, I have a steady job and I can afford to buy the actual songs on my ipod. That being said, my playlist was about 1500 songs (many are remixes). Not only that, but most I don't even appreciate or listen to.
All in all, I decided that enough is enough. To slim my list down to music I actually listen to, I will purchase all the albums I enjoy and delete anything I do not even have a playcount on. This has now been done and my iPod is all paid for with blood.
Now here's where the discussion comes in (and there's quite a bit of grounds). What constitutes someones right to digital media? As a university student my logic was, I can't afford it, so, I will just take a digital version for now.
Also, in terms of 'sampling' digital media, what are your thoughts? Like if someone d/l a rom of X game, but if they are completely satisfied and ultimately purchase the game, does that justify them d/l it? Or if they d/l and do not like it, should they be penalized for d/l it in the 1st place?
Another thing I have been wondering about is television. For example, every Wednesday night I wait for the new episode of South Park to air. Then I d/l it and immediately delete it. Mainly due to my lack of ability to watch it as it airs (which I would). Do you see this as wrong? Does a lack of 'connection' to the real thing justify d/l a TV episode? What about people using TVO and sharing that?
My final point of discussion is the ability to d/l full length feature films. I for one, ALWAYS purchase a movie if I watch it and believe the artist truly deserves my money. Like, for example, I d/l some movie I seriously enjoyed and would like to watch over again. I am prone to buying it. If I don't enjoy it at all, chances are I will not even tell other people about it.
So to sum up all my examples:
Is d/l digital alright if you are sampling it?
If you can't afford it?
Don't have other access to it?