What is with MP3 Music Packs for sale on Ebay?
Hey Guys,
I searched for this in the forums but didn’t come across anything.
What’s the deal with Ebay sellers putting up collections of 100+ new house/tech/prog/etc. MP3s up for sale? It seems to me like this is illegal, but ebay doesn’t pull it down. I always want to support the artist, so I am assuming I would never purchase these. I wanted to get some other peoples take on them.
-Steve
This couldn’t be simpler.
If you’re against it, don’t buy any.
If you’re not, do.
Other people’s opinions shouldn’t effect how you choose to buy music.
Just a discussion piece mate.
I am in no way swayed by other peoples opinions (probably a lie. I cant help my subconcious sometimes). I have always been the one getting weird looks from my friends because I choose to purchase all my music.
But in follow up to my post, why would Ebay not pull these down?
Flag the auction for piracy and they likely will; eBay is a big site and they miss little stuff all the time.
That is the one thing I really dislike about digital music though. There is no clean and legal way to resell it. I buy a lot of used CDs and vinyl for next to nothing ($0.10-$0.25 per disc in bulk), but I’ll never have the opportunity to do that with digital.
Yeah i’ve seen em. But i bet they are all 128k youtube rips…
Wait, do you mean I should not use 128k rips m8?!?!?!?
Forever doomed.
When they come up in my searches for hardware I report them cos it gets on my wick trawling thro pages of bootleg CDs just cos they’ve put CDJ names in the title.
I hate that shit…
“Pioneer CDJ Technics Rane Serato Traktor Xone dj lighting laptop stand headphones //Collection of 190 samples”
Like, wtf m8?
basically cunts trying to make a quick buck off someone else’s music.
Yeah with a huge picture of Carl Cox. There’s a million of those
I struggle with this discussion. Its not right but how is it any different to someone selling a crate of their vinyls? (there is a thread on this very forum and countless vinyl sales on ebay that dont get closed down or removed)
I have a mate into northern soul and he buys 7" LP’s on ebay all of the time and no-one bats an eyelid!
Peoples opinion on piracy seems to be selective depending on the media in question.
No they are just selling the same tracks over and over again!!
Say you sold all your vinyls, but before you did. You made 200 copies of each on cd. and then sell them for profit. See a problem there?!
So if I sold my entire MP3 library without making a copy of the tracks is that ok? Is it the act of making a copy thats illegal?
I honestly find this topic fascinating.
Some light reading About Piracy - RIAA
Yes making a copy and selling it or even giving it away for that matter is illegal.
Now with so many mixes and demos and just tracks flying around on the net, the lines become a little hazy..but…
Selling multiple copies of a track and not paying royalties is highly illegal…at least in America.
You might be surprised to find out that all nightclubs are REQUIRED to pay ASCAP and BMI royalties for its dj’s to be able to play tracks. (based on the number of people the club holds).
All of this is very country dependent.
Yes it is illegal at the moment in Australia, but they are trying to change it, the recent study the government did into geo blocking etc had a lot of recommendations regarding allowing digital files to be resold.
This article isn’t a bit more australian central… http://apo.org.au/commentary/selling-mp3s-you-should-have-stuck-cds
With regards to nightclubs in Australia, clubs (actually any business that plays music, even cafes, clothes shops etc) have to pay a license fee to APRA every year (similar to the ASCAP/BMI stuff in the US)
That money gets ‘distributed’ to artists on the club charts. So the system is a little crooked. Big artists get lots, the smaller guys get f*ck all.
Illegal is a VERY interesting word.
Suggest (if people are interested) they do some light reading on the difference when something is “legal” or “lawful”.
hey so what the hell! I went ahead an ordered one of the “House” packs. I guess I really cant knock it if I never try it. So i’ll keep everyone updated.
(we’ll see if its “Real” house, or just commercial stuff…)
For how much…?
like $9 US
how about contacting the label and sending them a URL to the auction?
that would probably get EBAY working on this really quickly