Ripped off via the internet

**PeeJay** · 23rd February 2013, 06:49

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10867173

**nzspokes** · 23rd February 2013, 06:56

Originally Posted by PeeJay

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10867173

Wow.

A whole 88c.......

Build a bridge.

**Maha** · 23rd February 2013, 07:42

Originally Posted by nzspokes

Wow.

A whole 88c.......

Build a bridge.

Not for 88c you can't..

**The Lone Rider** · 23rd February 2013, 07:47

Found tracks I wanted on iTunes.

Didn't want to use iTunes.

Looked around for this obscure music elsewhere online.

Found it. Bought it.

Fuck iTunes.

**nzspokes** · 23rd February 2013, 07:50

Originally Posted by Maha

Not for 88c you can't..

Lego?

**haydes55** · 23rd February 2013, 07:55

I can't afford to buy all my music iff itunes so I don't buy anything off them. I have over $5000 worth of music on my computer. An extra 88c might make ny music be worth closer to $7000. Can i insure my music collection and computer then drop it?

You only get ripped off if you choose to be. Id rather buy a motorbike and pay the rent than pay for music. It's not like without paying you can't get it.

**nzspokes** · 23rd February 2013, 08:26

Originally Posted by haydes55

I can't afford to buy all my music iff itunes so I don't buy anything off them. I have over $5000 worth of music on my computer. An extra 88c might make ny music be worth closer to $7000. Can i insure my music collection and computer then drop it?

You only get ripped off if you choose to be. Id rather buy a motorbike and pay the rent than pay for music. It's not like without paying you can't get it.

First world problems......

**Mom** · 23rd February 2013, 08:33

I'll sell you an "f" and a "u" for 88 cents

**Berries** · 23rd February 2013, 11:43

Originally Posted by PeeJay

Ripped off by the internet

No shit.

And I didn't even need to read the link to say that.

**neels** · 23rd February 2013, 11:54

Apple are ripping people off and charging more than stuff is worth, holy crap, who'd have thunk?

**SMOKEU** · 23rd February 2013, 13:06

Paying for music is just plain dumb.

**Disco Dan** · 23rd February 2013, 14:39

People PAY for music?

**bogan** · 23rd February 2013, 15:15

Originally Posted by haydes55

I can't afford to buy all my music iff itunes so I don't buy anything off them. I have over $5000 worth of music on my computer. An extra 88c might make ny music be worth closer to $7000. Can i insure my music collection and computer then drop it?

You only get ripped off if you choose to be. Id rather buy a motorbike and pay the rent than pay for music. It's not like without paying you can't get it.

I think its only singles that happens with, who the fuck buys singles anyway? If an artist can make a song worth listening too, surely the rest of the album is worth a dabble at least.

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

Paying for music is just plain dumb.

...or ethical, I might not have paid for all my music, but I do recognise that it is ethical to give something back to people who have made something I enjoy.

**Indiana_Jones** · 23rd February 2013, 16:18

I can see what they're getting at here, the principle etc. Personally I don't bother with iTunes, because for a start it doesn't work on my computer and then the fact I don't want a low quality mp3. I'd rather spend said cash on a CD or LP.

-Indy

**SMOKEU** · 24th February 2013, 08:39

Originally Posted by bogan

...or ethical, I might not have paid for all my music, but I do recognise that it is ethical to give something back to people who have made something I enjoy.

It's the jews in the middle who are getting most of the money, not the "artist".