QueenZone discussion #878182

Queen Mercury wrote: Hey guys! I was trying to download Brian's album, another world, on a site when a friend told me there is a code with a picture. My screen reader doesn't read immages. Are there any other sites I can download from that are free? Not downloading programs, but sites that I can get Queen stuff from? I'm a collector. Lol! Thanks. Queen Mercury

Queen Mercury wrote: Hey guys! I was trying to download Brian's album, another world, on a site when a friend told me there is a code with a picture. My screen reader doesn't read immages. Are there any other sites I can download from that are free? Not downloading programs, but sites that I can get Queen stuff from? I'm a collector. Lol! Thanks. Queen Mercury

Mikahl wrote: Yeah like anyone among us hasn't downloaded something prior to buying it. Clearly she made a little mistake in mentioning what she was trying to get, but since I'm familiar with her situation I'll explain the real point of this.. It's Rapidshare and other sites use of confirmation codes making it impossible for blind folks to download ANYTHING from there, regardless of officialness. Like many of you I'm sure, this is something I'd never even thought about, but indeed the blind are able to use the internet and computers in general, yet there are obstacles such as this.. and it's not just for downloading.. many sites use the codes which show as images for even registering. Of course, I offered to download this and send it to her (since I don't have it yet myself) but she apparently doesn't wish to share the address so she ends up posting this and getting bitched at.. hehe. Haha Jackie, that's what you get for not sharing! Only kidding darling. Smile.

DeeEmm wrote: Technically, downloading albums is illegal...

Mikahl wrote: Yeah like anyone among us hasn't downloaded something prior to buying it.

Serry... wrote: Thieves

martinusx wrote: Downloading is not illegal here in Holland, so you can't just say that people are thieves! Besides, downloading isn't thieving at all. When downloading the owner does not loose the item, it's still in his posession. When I'm not going to buy the music, they don't get my money anyway. Like I have the album, CD and DVD of "A Night at the Opera", I sure ain't buying the remastered 30th ann. edition also. I have a 1000 CD's and 250 DVD's, I only buy what I realy want, I download the rest. They got enough money from me! Copyright Infringement is the term, I believe. And I realy hate the fact that most albums I bought on CD have crapy sound and are replaced by better sounding remastered editions.

<font color="66CC00">macbethscrazywife wrote: i have never seen any of brian may's solo albums in an american record store, not even the independent ones. there's just not a lot of demand. so they CAN be hard to get a hold of. that said, you could always order them off of queenonline or amazon...

Crezchi wrote:

<font color="66CC00">macbethscrazywife wrote: i have never seen any of brian may's solo albums in an american record store, not even the independent ones. there's just not a lot of demand. so they CAN be hard to get a hold of. that said, you could always order them off of queenonline or amazon...

Gee that's very strange because i saw Brian's Another World in WalMart just 2 days ago, and even they fill their shelves with Queen cd's & dvd's, i also go to alot of Record stores in my area, they have Brian, & Freddie's solo cd's, just the more newer ones, but they are clearly out there. I think that it is a sad day when you have to get an album for free instead of buying it, even if it isn't illegal in Holland or other countries doesn't mean that is it moral. I have purchased over 500 cd's and over 2000 dvd's and i have not 1 stolen or pirated cd or dvd in my collection. So i don't understand the reason why someone has to steal these artists money. They work very hard for that, it is their career and the way they make their earnings, imagine if some people decided to steal $5 or $10 from your earnings here and there! You wouldn't like that now would you?

<font color="66CC00">macbethscrazywife wrote:

Crezchi wrote:

<font color="66CC00">macbethscrazywife wrote: i have never seen any of brian may's solo albums in an american record store, not even the independent ones. there's just not a lot of demand. so they CAN be hard to get a hold of. that said, you could always order them off of queenonline or amazon...

Gee that's very strange because i saw Brian's Another World in WalMart just 2 days ago, and even they fill their shelves with Queen cd's & dvd's, i also go to alot of Record stores in my area, they have Brian, & Freddie's solo cd's, just the more newer ones, but they are clearly out there. I think that it is a sad day when you have to get an album for free instead of buying it, even if it isn't illegal in Holland or other countries doesn't mean that is it moral. I have purchased over 500 cd's and over 2000 dvd's and i have not 1 stolen or pirated cd or dvd in my collection. So i don't understand the reason why someone has to steal these artists money. They work very hard for that, it is their career and the way they make their earnings, imagine if some people decided to steal $5 or $10 from your earnings here and there! You wouldn't like that now would you?

well, that's great that the stores in your area are so broad, but it isn't like that everywhere. i've tried barnes and noble, borders, target, the silver platter, tower records...but i never even see freddie, brian or roger's name. i'm just saying i understand the temptation to just download it, though i agree it's wrong. stealing used to be harder than buying something, but it isn't anymore...that's the problem.

<font color="66CC00">macbethscrazywife wrote: i'm not trying to justify it-i'm trying to look at the problem objectively. it's just too easy to download official material...i don't know a lot about computers, but it seems to me that bittorrent and its counterparts ought to be held more responsible for allowing copyrighted material to be downloaded off of their websites. it's right out there in the open, for anyone to grab, and yet no one seems to be doing anything about it...or at least not effectively...there's probably some legal loophole they're using. as several people's posts have demonstrated, many downloaders don't view downloading as stealing, because they're not actually hiding something under their coats and smuggling it out of the store. but just because this isn't your traditional conception of theft doesn't make it less wrong.

rosedewitt wrote: downloading official material IS NOT illegal, - when you own the original! you can download and have copies of it how many you like. but you have to own the original. however, no one can check if you own the original or not, so (unfortunately for queen or whoever earns the money for the cd's) you can do what you like.

Crezchi wrote:

rosedewitt wrote: downloading official material IS NOT illegal, - when you own the original! you can download and have copies of it how many you like. but you have to own the original. however, no one can check if you own the original or not, so (unfortunately for queen or whoever earns the money for the cd's) you can do what you like.

When the FBI raided alot of College students dorm rooms all around the US, they found that 90% of them didn't own the original of what they had downloaded, so how do you get that conclusion? Downloading music and movies is a risky business and eventually you WILL be caught.

rosedewitt wrote:

Crezchi wrote:

rosedewitt wrote: downloading official material IS NOT illegal, - when you own the original! you can download and have copies of it how many you like. but you have to own the original. however, no one can check if you own the original or not, so (unfortunately for queen or whoever earns the money for the cd's) you can do what you like.

When the FBI raided alot of College students dorm rooms all around the US, they found that 90% of them didn't own the original of what they had downloaded, so how do you get that conclusion? Downloading music and movies is a risky business and eventually you WILL be caught.

you say it, - eventually.... you don't have to risk that yourself, but you also can't tell anyone not to do it who wants to take the chance on it.

rosedewitt wrote: and another question: how many of the 5000 kids were arrested in prison?? i'm sure not 90% of them... not even 50%.

corades wrote: I myself bought a lot of stuff from such collectors, which I couldn't find in the shops and cannot order online because I don't have a credit card.

<font color="66CC00">macbethscrazywife wrote:

corades wrote: I myself bought a lot of stuff from such collectors, which I couldn't find in the shops and cannot order online because I don't have a credit card.

it's possible to buy things online without a credit card. it's a little more work, though.

<font color="#FF00FF">its_a_hard_life wrote:

<font color="66CC00">macbethscrazywife wrote:

corades wrote: I myself bought a lot of stuff from such collectors, which I couldn't find in the shops and cannot order online because I don't have a credit card.

it's possible to buy things online without a credit card. it's a little more work, though.

Nearly every site I know ask for Credit Card... What's the names of these sites that doesn't ask for Credit Card? Maybe they ask for your mobile number or phone bill and take money from there. A diffrent type of method to pay apart from Credit Card....