So there I was...

[Hetzer]

...playing a track on Youtube, thinking "I really rather want this..."
Then the little iTunes bar pops up along the bottom of the video, and I'm like "Fuck you. "

Off I toddle to an old name I remember, mp3fiesta.com. I look up the track, it's five american cents. Look it up on iTunes, it's 79p (approx $1.10). But you have to load the fiesta account with a pre-charged amount, which is $30 (about £18). So I'm thinking "Hmm...£18 for one track, though I'll be able to buy a fucking shit-load more music with that amount...or 79p from iTunes...? Choices choices...FUCK YOU ITUNES!!!"

Now, 5c, you can't argue with that, can you? I mean, if the group sold one million copies of that track, directly to the public (no parasites in between), that'd be 1,000,000 x 5c = 5,000,000 cents, = $50,000. Which is a fair earner for one song I reckon. And if it didn't sell a million copies, at 5c per copy, it'd have to be crap anyway.

So I figure 5c is fair. Yes, I know, the group aren't getting any of it...but I guess they chose their distribution methods, so go sleep in that bed boys. You'd have gotten about a fucking penny of each 79p iTunes charged anyway. And I'm fucked if I'm paying money for a track, knowing that 99% of it is going into the pockets of scumsack parasites, the likes of which own and operate iTunes.

All I have to do now is find another £18's worth of music I want on Fiesta.

The MP3 is top quality too.
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[Ste]

Paying to download illegally is a mugs game.

Those sites are no more legal than downloading from bit torrent.

[Bendy]

'The man' is quaking in his boots.

[Hetzer]

[Ste]

What you're buying is quite likely to be the same as what's available on torrents.

Torrents are piss easy to use.

[Bendy]

'The man' likes to stamp his feet and gnash his teeth and make loud noises (kinda like someone else around here). Believe me, he ain't as worried as he's making out.

It's sweet that you're so proud of finding a way to let some Ukranians relive you of a few quid that you feel the need to post and tell us all about it.

[Hetzer]

[The Artist]

torrentz.com has all the newish stuff.

If you get stressed whilst downloading then you may have issues

Torrents are fine unless you need something ultra specific.

MoS albums are all on there, I top out my personal download speed which is 1mb so about 110kbps on good days

[Hetzer]

[DEN MONKEY]

You sir are an angry young man.

You should also be aware that you can not have your cake and eat it too.

You complain about paying and then find reason to complain about services which offer the same product for free.

I swear I have never known another man to be so in touch with his feminine side.

You must be the bain of existence for every register jockey you meet in a customer service environment.

I do agree with you though and I refuse to pay money to itunes for music or apps.
Those prices you mentioned though on fiesta seem more than fair.
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[Catalyst]

Newsgroups? I bet you can't download off that site at 1.5mb/s .
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[killa]

Soulseek for music.

Load, click, play, done.
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[Hetzer]

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