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Okay, this isn't your normal topic about how music piracy is killing music (it isn't, money is) but rather I'm forced to complain about how people are sharing glitched files. Look kids, I want to listen to Heavenly VS Satan in a decent bitrate without it glitching. Is that too much? Apparently so.

So, in order to celebrate the six years and three months since filesharing hit notorious highs with the Napster VS Metallica playground scuffle, lets have some exciting stories of how you thought you were downloading the latest [insert band here] only to find out that it was Cliff Richard. Or merely someone making a cup of tea. Or other exciting stories!

Incidently, to fuel some sort of debate, I really am split as to whether obtaining music through filesharing is morally correct. I'm less concerned about the legal ramifications of such when compared to that of ripping off the small artist. As such I'll try to only target music that is on a major label where the artist would probably see a very slight percentage of my record purchase. Anything on an independant I'll look to buy, unless it's really hard to find or has been deleted (Heavenly vs Satan for instance, or anything on Sarah Records).

Does Filesharing have a legitimate future though? I've been estimating that it has only had a year left since 2004. Do you feel it is right to obtain music using such methods? Do you refuse to obtain music in such a way? Do tell!


P.S: I in no way whatsoever condone piracy of any kind, except that involving Johnny Depp and ghostly monkeys. Yes. YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A [insert object here] ETC.