Where People’s Music Really Comes From
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I can neither confirm nor deny the accuracy of this graph.
Me either.
My music comes from my CDs, and the CDs of my friends and family.
‘:-/
iTunes has a ton of my money.
I dont use any of those things. All of my music either comes from blogs or the Pirate Bay.
Clearly, you fail to understand the definition of “Other Source”
And neither do you. Other sources should be way bigger, maybe limewire and other sources should be switched, or just replace limewire with thepiratebay.
The whole point of the graph is to show that the average music junkie gets most of his/her music off P2P programs like Limewire.
Granted, I think “other sources” should say “other legitimate sources” (CD’s, rhapsody, Napster, etc.), and limewire should say “Peer-to-Peer programs” or “Piracy,” but otherwise, it’s a pretty good graph.
“You do this.”
“Neither do you.”
Grammar fail.
Correcting the grammar of people who probably don’t care.
Life fail.
you all kno its to be funny rite? thats y limewire’s exaggerated
And obviously announcing to the world you use Pirate Bay isn’t going to be a confession in the event of lawsuits. Good job on the discreet part
Limewire? Isn’t that just as dead as napster?
Bittorrent is the way to go nowadays
I’ve done some research, and people really do still use Limewire a lot for music. People also get well known viruses that have had fixes available for months. I don’t get it either.
I work in a call center for mp3s and I’d say about 80% of the calls I get about them when they malfunction is that they got them from Limewire. Fortunately for THEM, *where* they get the songs that malfunction their mp3 player doesn’t void their warranty… :p
WTF? A call center for mp3s?
Gah. forgot to place “Player” next to mp3. My mistake!
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why you should *never* bother ringing support.
*Blink blink*
Oh, I’m sorry, has no one else ever made a typing mistake before?
*headdesk* Why can’t they check the songs BEFORE putting them on their handheld devices? It’s not rocket science!
to thise that have issues, it is rocket science.
and honestly, rocket science isn’t that hard. advanced theoretical physics on the other hand, is pretty hard.
you forgot frostwire. Limewire’s full of virus and porn.
You had me at “porn”.
But honestly music comes from the soul, man! The SOUL I tell ya!
Soulseek, right?
Win.
Capitalisation fail.
Spelling fail.
Perhaps DrHorrible is from the UK?
I’m from the UK.
Cultural geography fail.
I was up all night downloading music when I posted that… Gimee a break.
Strong DC++ for me.
Was this chart made in 2002, when Limewire was relevant?
i had the same exact thought.
When is the last time you all used Limewire? If you stop downloading those EXE’s labeled “HOT CELEBZ NAKEDZ!!! REAL!!11!! NOT FAKE!!! (I SWEAR!!1!)” then you are very unlikely to ever get a virus, and there is a lot of real music out there still. You just have to be smarter than those trying to get you.
If I want a single track and not an entire album, I’ll still use Limewire. You just have to be smart about things. Preview the songs as they download, if they don’t play, cancel the download and try again. If they’re .exe files, they’re viruses and you don’t even begin to download them. Simple.
I like getting the whole album, plus there’s less chance that it will have a virus embedded in it. I rather get music from a source that has reviews on the file so you can see all the little kids scream “VIRUS VIRUS” if there is one.
I rip them from youtube. Muhahahahahahaha
It still works for me.
96K is a bit high don’t you think?
nah, myspace is easier.
Limewire? Really?
Blech.
mp3zr.com/ is a pretty resource, FrostWire doesn’t have much anymore.
Also missing from this chart: Audiogalaxy, Grokster, Kazaa, iMesh, and Morpheus, all of which are equally as relevant as LimeWire.
I use Amazon.com. Stealing music is for poor college students and people who never made it through school. See, when you grow up and get an education, you can get a good paying job and actually afford to pay for music.
What a burn… wait, I don’t care?
And we all live in our mom’s basement too, right?
i graduated college. i have an education. i have a “good” paying job. i *can* afford to pay for music, but i don’t *want* to. i prefer to support my shoe buying habit so i download my music.
got a problem with it?
i can get music for free. show me where i can get my shoes for free and i’ll be all good.
Good point!
I am a poor college student. So Its ok for me to steal music?
I finished school… I can afford to buy CD’s but why pay huge amounts for CD’s, i’m saying 20 – 30 dollars (New Zealand Dollars), on a CD for JUST ONE SONG… and when you don’t have a credit card it makes things a little difficult to buy things online…
So I on occasion… not every day… use Limewire…
Though I must admit… it has gone down in popularity so when you search 80% of what you find are in fact virus’s… So my use of it has definately decreased…
Amazon music store?
Change that to just isohunt.com and soulseek and it’d fit me to a T. Really though, you’re just begging to get ripped off by buying music with any kind of DRM.
It’s not a case of affording. It’s simply because I don’t feel music is worth what is charged for it. Especially when someone in the US pays half of what I would have to.
Oh, and don’t get me started on DRM…
Since when should we have to pay for something that someone does as a hobby. Think about it, making music is a hobby.
Er… I disagree. That’s like saying you don’t have to pay artists to use their art. Making music is just another form of art.
Totally agree with this. If you’ve the money, and the artist is not disgustingly rich already, you should pay them for their art.
lol.. accurate…
although I do buy cds if I like the music…
It’s very stupid to buy music when you can get songs in seconds from Ares. Here it is very popular.
Good God no; LimeWire sucks.
Usenet, baybee.
No…. just… no
Maybe that whole Limewire section should just be the “illegaly” category
I use Audacity to copy it from YouTube.
i buy CD’s and use Zune marketplace. LimeWire fails.
I am in the green, with occasional blue. Never heard of IsoHunt, and limewire is scheisse.
Soulseek has 100% less fake files and viruses than Limewire. Torrents work nicely too.
the only place i’ve ever gotten music other than itunes is the public library.
Stealing music is for losers. Stealing movies is where it’s at.
Stealing music is easy. Try getting a quality copy of a movie before it hits theaters. Now that’s skill
No no, you guys have got it all wrong… MP3Sale.ru is what I use. It’s in euros, but waay cheap. Plus there’s no viruses like Lime**** has.
Limewire? Pshhh. isoHunt and Mininova, bitches. =P
limewire? really? WTF…
f-ing newbs…
eMule is also very useful for the occasional hard-to-find RAR’d album… it’s usually too slow to bother for commonly available files but has a GREAT file selection.
who the hell still uses limewire…what the hell?
Torrents?
Is it 1999?
…
What about iPods filled entirely with music from Gendou?
I don’t know many people who use limewire… Illegal downloads would fit better into the red zone
Limewire? Srsly? Lol…..
Mininova<3Downloads.nl<3
Limewire? Who on earth uses Limewire? There isn’t a single real audio file on Limewire – it’s all porno fakes, viruses, or trojans.
Real stuff is on Bittorrent (along with easily spotted RAR fakes).
lol the only reason people get viruses on limewire is because they download the files that look like this:
“Greatest Hits”
“song”
“(club mix)”
“sexy girl has shaking orgasm in from of webcam”
yea if you download any of those your bound to get a virus!
also, fakes are either WMA or EXE. Always download the straight shot MP3.
“Composer – Song Title”
the isohut section should be biger.
Where People’s Music Really Comes From? Musicians 100%
CD’s are a joke, and iTunes is worse, but even the most passionate musicians aren’t going to fill your iPods for free. Ever notice how most new music sounds like recycled crap?
I just started reading this and I have to say, you r all dumbasses.
Of course millions of people still use Limeire for the fact they dont want to pay and not to mention the speed compared to bittorrent.
CASE CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spotify FTW!
u forgot torrents
For YouTube, DVD VideoSoft YouTube to MP3. Now I download instead of using that.