Or did/does occasionally?

Lets be sincere.

I buy ALL my EDM music, but i admit that i illegaly download hiphop music for small parties with friends and the like.

Only on VERY rare occasions. For instance, if there is a white label track that isn't for sale digitally anywhere and no one is selling the vinyl on Discogs or GEMM.

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Yes. There's so much shit that's just never released on any online shops not to mention back catalogues of record labels that also aren't on online download shops. I really don't see too huge of an issue from it in all honesty (in regards to bedroom djs/small-time).

same as a.chan playing out with pirated songs is pretty crappy.. i do understand there are some songs with location or permissions problems, for those i dont hold anything against others but i dont do it personally.

I don't do it. There is plenty of good music out there without having to resort to piracy. And if it's such a must have track it's obviously making waves, I can usually get hold of a legit copy quite easily. Don't know about the US but here in the UK DJs will often trade promos amongst themselves and often we may end up with at least two copies of stuff anyway. In the old days you would sell it to a record shop, now it's valued currency for trade.

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If I'm playing a paying gig then all the music is legally purchased. If its a house party with friends/family I play some pirated music but those chances are very very slim. It's a respect thing for me.

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I buy 99% of my music I'd say.

Of course I will sometimes resort to eMule for a tune or two (usually a Prydz promo or something that is leaked quite obviously by the artist).

I dislike pirates, as Gene Simmons said, it's robbery and it will kill the music industry.

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Originally posted by DJChrisB Only on VERY rare occasions. For instance, if there is a white label track that isn't for sale digitally anywhere and no one is selling the vinyl on Discogs or GEMM.

+1

The exception goes to white labels or unreleased stuff. I couldn't (ethically) go with pirating a track that I can easily get on Beatport/iTunes/CD-Maxi/Vinyl.

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i dun trust the quality of piracy.

I do, when it's unreleased remixes from friends. I buy a 100 % of my music. I also don't use mp3s. The only pirate stuff in my CD collection is what I couldn't buy in shops. i.e. the first Wipeout soundtrack, I have been looking everywhere for it, couln't find it,and had to download it in the end. Then a couple of years later,I found a pristine copy of the first wipeout game on playstation, and extracted the audio. Legal wise,I own the original so it's all good.