[abb]

I’ve bought “The Best of Three Dog Night” for times: Once in vinyl, an eight-track, a cassette tape, and a CD. That’s enough. I ain’t paying royalties again.

[abb]

should be “four” times

[ConservativeMind]

And you shouldn't—you can make as many of your own copies as you want for yourself. Make your MP3s with abandon.

I believe the issue here is that people are giving free copies to others.

[Fresh Wind]

And now, if you buy files off of a service like iTunes, you don’t own anything except a license to play it on whatever device you happen to have.

You can’t legally resell it, give it away, or bequeath it to your heirs.

Records, 8-tracks, cassettes, and CDs don’t require you to click to accept a user agreement.

I confess-I’ve downloaded songs off of YouTube, the vast majority of which I already own in vinyl form. I don’t see why I should have to pay again just to save myself the trouble of hooking up the cables and transferring the songs to my computer.

But rest assured, Mr. Kiss, I’ve never purchased or downloaded any of your songs, nor do I ever plan to.

[Gay State Conservative]

I’ve bought “The Best of Three Dog Night” for times: Once in vinyl, an eight-track, a cassette tape, and a CD. That’s enough. I ain’t paying royalties again.

Very good point.I never did 8 Track or cassette but I bought lots and lots and *lots* of stuff on vinyl and CD.Also,since the advent of the internet,I've bought about 20 songs...all of them paid for via Amazon.So my collection of 50's,60's and 80's music was already completed by the dawn of the internet.

So I emphatically plead not guilty.