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Originally posted by DigiNut Holy overreaction Batman, I didn't hear him say anything about downloading the music. Maybe these are legal MP3s that he ripped from CDs he owns? Or maybe he paid for them on iTunes or beatport? People need to stop making the "MP3 = stealing" association - that's precisely the attitude that's been destroying the recording industry.

Agreed. See my sig - I have over 850 CDs PURCHASED in my collection (plus some others that I still have to add to Discogs). I rip all of them for archival purposes and for back-up, and then mix-n-match for whatever projects I have, like lets say I want to make an MP3 CD for 1990s eurodance tracks from my collection to listen to - I have a CD/MP3 CD player. Also, I keep my original CDs at home, and the CDs that I listen to frequently that I carry around, I make them CD-R copies to go to prevent thefts, scratches and etc.. I also download stuff too, but mostly its the rare and hard to get music.

I think even though I download many MP3s as well, the size of my collection and the money spent in it surely evens out and fair enough to the music industry, compared to some other people who dont buy any music.

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