interview 1

Demographic Information: 17, Female, Student who is in a band. 

Have you ever downloaded music illegally?

I download music illegally because of the price of buying music from ITunes, I remember the price of each individual song being £0.79 and last time I checked they were asking for £0.90 which I find to be highly overpriced if I could get each song for free. I have calculated how much I would have spent id I bought all of my songs legally. If each of them is £0.90 and I have around 2,000 songs then I would have spent £1,800 which I don’t have. That is extortionate. It’s extremely easy to get hold of illegal songs so it’s difficult to resist the temptation.

What do you think about downloading for free?

I think it’s wrong but I do it anyway because I don’t want to pay £0.90 for each song. I wouldn’t download illegally if the songs were cheaper.

What do you think enhances people to download music for free?

Well because you have instant access to music online, people are less likely to buy albums and singles in the shops because it takes longer and is more effort. It doesn’t cost anything and there is very little effort.

Is it easy to download illegally?

Very easy using websites like Limewire.

What could the music industry do to stop the public from downloading music illegally?

If the cost of each song was considerable lower.

Do you think music is too expensive in the shops these days and people can’t no longer spent money on that, one of the reasons being the recession?

I don’t think it’s because of the price, but mostly because people will just upload the CD to their computer for their IPOD/mp3 anyway so the disc becomes a waste of space.

Do you think shops like HMV should close down and just sell their music online, seeing the majority of people get there music from the internet?

No because I still buy hard copies of particular albums, and some people still use CD players.

Isn’t the public scared of catching virus’s when downloading?

Yes but it doesn’t stop them because they are getting the music for free and rarely get a virus. Most people don’t mind taking the risk.