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View Poll Results: Paying for free Music
Yes ( 1 - 5 ) times 1 4.00%
Yes (5+ ) 2 8.00%
I would if I could afford it 4 16.00%
No 15 60.00%
No way would I pay for music! 3 12.00%
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Old 28-10-2007, 07:26 PM   #1
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I listen to a lot of music from garage band and similar sites where the music is free to download but where you are supposed to donate if you like it. I have donated to Jonathan Coulton for some of his music but I usually cannot afford to give anything as I am really short of spare cash at present and there are a lot of sites I would like to give money to.

it ia a similar thing with sites like abandonia / classic dos games etc I wish I could give them all loads of cash but budget constraints get in the way

.... so I am just curious how many of you would donate ??

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Old 28-10-2007, 07:56 PM   #2
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Donated? As in over internet? Never. If I bought albums at the venue after the gig? Yes.
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Old 28-10-2007, 08:36 PM   #3
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Not directly to an artist over the internet no, paying a concert ticket, getting a merch shirt at a concert for the band, in that case yes, which is in a way a sort of donation to the band.
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Old 28-10-2007, 09:44 PM   #4
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I'd never pay for music. I own no music CD that I didn't receive as a gift, and even then I never listen to them.

I have mp3s on my computer of the songs I like the most, but even then I listen to them only once in a blue moon...
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Old 28-10-2007, 10:10 PM   #5
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wow, each option has 1 vote in this pool (i voted for yes if i could)
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Old 29-10-2007, 08:10 AM   #6
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Eagle of Fire @ Oct 28 2007, 09:44 PM) [snapback]317628[/snapback]</div>
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I'd never pay for music. I own no music CD that I didn't receive as a gift, and even then I never listen to them.

I have mp3s on my computer of the songs I like the most, but even then I listen to them only once in a blue moon...
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but.. If you did find a song on a site that you really liked and it was a free download would you feel like donating if you could afford ??
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Old 29-10-2007, 08:43 AM   #7
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No. Why would I ever do that? There is risks involved when you purchase anything online, and I already don't find it worthy of my time...
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Old 29-10-2007, 11:54 AM   #8
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No.
Simple reason: I never pay for something on internet.
Also I never expect to be paid for something I put up.

Internet is created as a fuc*ing FREE OF CHARGE medium.
You made it a rotten commercial restricted happening.
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Old 29-10-2007, 11:59 AM   #9
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maybe some people just wanted to promote their music (for free) on the internet and if you like their work, you appretiate it and gift them cash?
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Old 29-10-2007, 12:39 PM   #10
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I might buy a music CD if I see a good one, but I never donate over internet. Besides, I have to admit that I feel like supporting dosraider's point, internet was first of all a place free of all commercial toads until they began to creep in, bringing their accursed advertisement and spyware with them which is now spread all over the internet like a pest.
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