Is it wrong to steal music u have already bought?

[willrjmarshall]

Sure, but so far I'm the commenter with the most peer-reviewed research. I deserve a medal or something.

[LanceBlaise]

Well this is inherently the labels fault for hiring people that obviously cant be trusted.

I didn't mean leaking the track early, sorry wrong terminology, I just meant the track being on blog sites and torrents after the track has been released. Sometimes i find my track up the same day they come out.

[svensat]

OP: If you said steal music you've already bought then yes it is wrong.

If I had already bought a Lambo and I stole the same one I already own it would be wrong. If you own the music already do with that music as you want. If you want to rip it from a CD or whatever form you have it in then fine. That would be more modifying what is already yours. Back to the Lambo Metaphor you can paint it or change it however you want it's already yours. In the case of music there are of course copyright infringement when you modify music that isn't yours but the morality of that has already been a popular topic here .

[JesC]

Dont know how old u r lance, but back in the late 90s I remember a track called, "the launch" and that track was getting played 6 months before it was released. Seemd every big name DJ in los angeles had the track, but u couldnt find it ANYWHERE out here. by the time it was release that song was PLAYED OUT!!!

this was of course before beatport.

I was lucky to get a promo of the Launch about 2 months after it was played on Powertools (by Richard "Humpty" Vission), and they only reason I got hooked up was cuz the record store that I was always at said hey they sent us doubles Jes, you want a copy? I was like hell yeah!

I didn't mean leaking the track early, sorry wrong terminology, I just meant the track being on blog sites and torrents after the track has been released. Sometimes i find my track up the same day they come out.

Thats suck Lance, being that you lose money when the track is on a torrent or blog, but at the same time the track is getting air play by djs and if other djs hear the track and want it I think its a 50/50 chance they they will buy it or d/l from a blog.

[djfrogstar]

I didn't mean leaking the track early, sorry wrong terminology, I just meant the track being on blog sites and torrents after the track has been released. Sometimes i find my track up the same day they come out.

your looking in the wrong place... torrents, p2p and blog sites are the new school.. All of these can be controlled.
try newsgroups- these cannot be controlled.. the files though only last for 900 days

[Djtom420]

I was lucky to get a promo of the Launch about 2 months after it was played on Powertools (by Richard "Humpty" Vission), and they only reason I got hooked up was cuz the record store that I was always at said hey they sent us doubles Jes, you want a copy? I was like hell yeah!
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Doood hell yeah I used to love powertools. Espically when DJ Outer spun That dood effin rocked, deep jazz house and tech house. LOVE that stuff.

[Djtom420]

your looking in the wrong place... torrents, p2p and blog sites are the new school.. All of these can be controlled.
try newsgroups- these cannot be controlled.. the files though only last for 900 days

OMG, dood dont tell them about the newgroups. Great now im gonna read on drudge report that the RIAA is cracking down on newsgroups... thanks Frogstar... thanks.... :-) Tongue in check of course .....

its funny u here all about torrents and p2p but never about the newsgroups. I know a guy whos gotten letters to stop dling from torrent sites but continues to get TONS and TONS of sh*t from newsgroups...

[LanceBlaise]

Thats suck Lance, being that you lose money when the track is on a torrent or blog, but at the same time the track is getting air play by djs and if other djs hear the track and want it I think its a 50/50 chance they they will buy it or d/l from a blog.

I believe this can be true in some cases...

[djfrogstar]

newsgroups are also filled with as many if not more VIRUS related nastiness.
RAR files that actually are virus installers and so forth... plus... you have to remember... that all these sick bastards with child porn are lurking on newsgroups. And yes you do hear about raids on people who do this. So at some point it will happen the same way.

[JesC]

I believe this can be true in some cases...

I wish their was a way this could change this. but making djs loyal to a artist or label is hard. Back in the 90's I was hooked on Terror Traxx (gabber hardcore) and I would spend 10 - 20 bux for 1 12", being that they put of great music that was not played by alot of djs here in l.a.