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Posted 30 January 2010 - 06:28 PM

Stand by for the death of illegal music downloads. It is already gathering pace, with legal downloads being one of the fastest-growing activities on the web. It is not happening because of the music industry's rough justice (such as suing customers) or because of penalties for people caught downloading illegally.

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image: Fair Use/www.musictimes.com.au: ILLEGAL DOWNLOADS: "While the music industry has been complaining — successfully — to the British Government and the EU Commission that illegal downloads are destroying it, something rather curious has been happening. This year is the most successful in British history for singles sales. More than 117 million have been sold — comfortably beating the previous record of 115.1 million, set last year."

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Posted 31 January 2010 - 02:31 AM

Well Kiwi, it looks like we are a dying breed matey! AARRRHH!!!!!!!

I guess I'll throw away a couple of dozen hard drives. :lol:
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Posted 31 January 2010 - 02:39 AM

View PostRedneck4sure, on 31 January 2010 - 02:31 AM, said:

Well Kiwi, it looks like we are a dying breed matey! AARRRHH!!!!!!!

I guess I'll throw away a couple of dozen hard drives. :lol:


ahoy mate...not as long as my arse points to the ground will i be a pay as you go pirate...
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Posted 31 January 2010 - 06:23 PM

View PostKiwiCoromandel, on 31 January 2010 - 02:39 AM, said:

ahoy mate...not as long as my arse points to the ground will i be a pay as you go pirate...

I will keep on pirating until the pry the mouse out of my cold, dead hand. flac 'em!!! :lol:
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