Techdirt Poll:

My ratio of CDs bought/CDs downloaded is:

Infinite -- I do not download any music / 18% / 382 votes

High -- I buy a lot of music, download very little / 19% / 389 votes

Low but I still buy more than I download / 13% / 264 votes

Less than 1 -- I download more than I buy / 25% / 522 votes

Zero, I do not buy any music / 20% / 423 votes

You can download music? / 4% / 91 votes

2,069 total votes

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Mar 13th, 2003 @ 8:39am

No Subject Given

by Anonymous Coward

neither buy nor download music, just listen to radio. could not answer the poll, i suggest a revision
Apr 5th, 2003 @ 8:51pm

Imbalance in poll numbers

by gluefreak

There's an imbalance in this poll, in that it compares ALL THE MUSIC you download to ALL THE MUSIC you buy. It's not really a fair comparison because there is a lot of music available for download that does not jeopardize anybody's copyrights -- in particular, "boots" or audience recordings of concert performances. In addition, there are sample files made available for download, e.g. on amazon.com, and also by new bands, which give away their music in order to obtain publicity. If I download a bunch of these types of music but still buy CDs, am I threatening anyone's copyright?
A better comparison for the poll, then, would be the amount of COPYRIGHTED music you download versus the amount of COPYRIGHTED music you buy.
Apr 10th, 2003 @ 2:35pm

why I download more than I buy

by anonymous coward

I see downloading as a filter for whether or not I buy an album - so yeah, I download a lot of things I think may be good, but turn out to be crap so I don't buy the album. I've wasted too much money on buying CD's with only one good song on it so that's why I do what I do.
Apr 25th, 2003 @ 10:09am

No Subject Given

by mark

You don't have any option for I throw out most of what I download because I am unimpressed
Jun 17th, 2003 @ 3:10pm

Mike! New poll already!

by Aaron

How about Which failed Dot Com company do you miss most?
WebVan
DigiScent (iSmell)
Kozmo

etc.. (I'm sure you can think of more than I can)
Jun 19th, 2003 @ 8:21am

Poll revision: none of the above

by Another Anonymous Coward

As the first AC stated, "neither buy nor download music." I've been boycotting record companies for about 2 1/2 years now.
Jun 25th, 2003 @ 1:19am

The question is, how long do you keep it?

by imhotep1

I download a lot of music, listen to it for a few weeks, and then delete it. Anything good enough to waste valuable disk space on is worth buying on CD.

But with the horrid state of radio these days, I make my own "radio" with mp3s, reguoarly rotating them to listen to new and unique music to suit my whims.