Im looking for a bit of honesty here. have any of you guys downloaded any u2 albums/singles/dvds ''unofficially''. i myself must confess to being guilty of downloading 3 albums and most of their singles in an unofficial manner. but i have spent a fortune buying u2 stuff over the years and there were times when i just couldn't afford to buy their cd's so i d'loaded them. however im still going to pay for the new album - definately, but how many of you are? C'mon now be honest...
hello there robbie. interesting moral question there. ive only ever got dvd rips illegally but since i already owned the dvds my conscience is clean. (posted from my psp)
Originally posted by germcevoyhello there robbie. interesting moral question there. ive only ever got dvd rips illegally but since i already owned the dvds my conscience is clean. (posted from my psp)
oh yeah. i d'loaded some dvdrips as well, but like yourself i have all the dvds anyway.
I have all singles, b-sides complete, almost all downloaded (it's nearly impossible to get it all in desirable quality and file format). I have almost all albums legal, though downloaded first. DVD's the same.
With U2 merchandise I purchase and have purchased everything officially. With some other artists that I may have just a passing interest in, I have had some of my friends who are not on dial up download some official stuff. But I probably wouldnt have purchased those items anyway if I had to pay for them.
Nice question!!!
justa as Gerard said.... everything I have from U2 is official, I haven't downloaded anything illegally.... only a few dvdripps, but I own the dvds.... clear concience... I only downloaded 2 albums that couldn't be found here in Argentina, since they were never released here!!
but taking that aside, all my material is legal!
cheers!
As for me, I bought 90% of my music. All I downloaded was some obscure stuff that is out of print, like some collaborations and stuff.
I am guilty of spreading some Promos, though.
I think I illegally dowloaded one album from U2 (Unreleased & Rare), because it wasnt possibile to download it apart from The Complete U2. My U2 collection is not fully complete (only miss a few singles like Pride), but I bought it all on Itunes or in the music shops. (Also DVD's)
Well, I own all the singles because I bought the complete U2. I've only downloaded out of print or hard to find stuff, like the 40 / Two Hearts Beat As One single, or the In God's Country single. But I bought all the albums / DVDs, etc.
All of my singles and most of albums, except of Joshua Tree and HTDAAB are downloaded illegally. But I´ve bought JT Limited Edition normally in the store and I realised that I enjoy it a lot more than If I had downloaded it. So I´ll buy new album legally for sure and I don´t count itunes because it´s not aviable in Slovakia
And they didn't cost much