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Have you used one of the legal online music services?

Stereophile  |  Jun 22, 2003

Apple's online music service got off to a good start with music fans. Have you used this service or any of the others to download music legally?

Have you used one of the legal online music services?
Yes, Apple's iTunes service
3% (5 votes)
Yes, other
4% (8 votes)
No
93% (169 votes)
Total votes: 182

COMMENTS
Robert Kwolek's picture
Submitted by Robert Kwolek (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:12am

No way am I going to pay for some cheapy MP3 quality.

Fabrice Neirinckx - Belgium-EU's picture
Submitted by Fabrice Neirinc... (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:12am

I don't like to download music from the Internet. I still like to buy CDs. Am I supposed to be from "the Old Europe" ?

Dave W.'s picture
Submitted by Dave W. (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:12am

Hate to spend when I do not have to but composers and performers should be able to earn a fair living. I pay willingly for music.

Anonymous's picture
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:12am

emusic

Craig's picture
Submitted by Craig (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:12am

No, I can sample unknown music at CDNOW, Chesky and others, then buy what I think I might want, then replace the cheezy box with one from Audio Advisor and I'm good to go.

Dick Stevens's picture
Submitted by Dick Stevens (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:12am

Why download low rez music?

Dave Carpe's picture
Submitted by Dave Carpe (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:12am

This is truly sad, since the mp3 downloads are not even CD quality. I use a number of free sources for new music and when I find an artist and song I like, I will buy that. I don't buy into the RIAA's claim they are losing money or that the artists loose money with the mp3 sites. It strikes me as greed and I think it is killing the music industry. It has actually caused me to buy fewer new titles and I used to buy several hundred new CDs a year. Now I look more at used CDs and LPs and I am happier for it.

STEPHEN M. HAMM's picture
Submitted by STEPHEN M. HAMM (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:12am

I'm from the old school, I rather buy the cd or the wax, to get my money's worth and sound quality.

Dan Landen's picture
Submitted by Dan Landen (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:12am

MP3.com....it's free and it offers new and independent artists. More of what I'm looking for instead of the mainstream music.

Joe Evans's picture
Submitted by Joe Evans (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:12am

I am not interested in any compressed music files (lossless like MLP is OK). Invariably when I purchase a CD or Vinyl I find that I like more than the selection I purchased it for. I am currently surfing using a dial up connection so downloading un-compressed audio would take to long. There is the question of cover art and liner notes. Sometimes I take out some of my old CTI vinyl just to look at the covers. The loss of great cover art like the old CTI's is a revoltin' situation.

Kurt Christie, Guelph, ON's picture
Submitted by Kurt Christie, ... (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:12am

Haven't yet although it sounds like a great idea for consumers (the people who pays the bills). Since folks will now cherry pick the best tunes from a CD, might this sound the death knell for the album concept.....or, because of the choice, will it be an enhancement?

John Masters's picture
Submitted by John Masters (not verified) on November 21, 2010 - 10:12am

Why should I pay for a poor quality restricted use set of data, that if I want to make a hard copy to use as a back up costs me more money. (I have had the unfortunate experience of losing a hard drive and all of its data). If I want to spend my hard earned money on a piece of music. I want it to be in as high quality a format as I can find. and I want to be able to take with me if I travel, and trade or sell or loan it to someone else if I want to.

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