#38 I’m not sure I would worry too much about people stealing the gospel music, if they do they’ll probably get their own payback in the afterlife, eh? Seriously though, I have heard that a lot of the big name artists don’t make so much through the sales of their music but they make the bulk of their fortunes through merchandising, endorsements and concerts.

I also use Download Helper for YouTube but really I don’t watch them often more than once or twice. Who wants to sit there and look at videos for hours on end? And the Youtube videos are very small and often not great quality. Download helper doesn’t convert like Youtube Music Downloader but I don’t really see the need for that in general unless you want to watch them on your phone.

This is a nice program but maybe not worth the $19.95 for it.

Seriously though, with the disclaimer that this is just my opinion & I have no legal qualifications etc… As I understand it (C) is somewhat murky in the US at the moment, but you used to be able to make a copy of something you owned, &/or as long as it wasn’t for profit & you had a good reason, like a teacher passing out copies of an article — it was called fair use. None of which will help you when the high $ lawyers come calling — I think they get paid by the industry, plus get to keep whatever they sell your first born for as a bonus.

But then why is all this copyrighted material continue to stay on YouTube?

While I understand your point regarding people stealing the work of other individuals, I have to point out to you some of the reasons people download music off of YouTube. YouTube is a free and open forum and every artist knows that by placing their music or even their videos on YouTube gives them exposure that generally results in increased sales of the various cd’s they produce and how much did it cost for these artists to place their video on YouTube? We both know the answer to this question, it cost them absolutely nothing. So, here is the dilemma. While it is much easier to just go out and buy either the CD or a DVD, one ends up paying $15-$20 for the CD and $25-$30 for a DVD. But here it is on a free public open forum and in these situations I don’t feel one is stealing anything especially if the artist used a free forum for exposure. In addition, a lot of these artists make a boat load of money and then use the media to basically show off all the great things they have because of the excessive pricing of both CD’s and DVD’s. When the average individual keeps seeing these artists with their new Jet Aircraft and their 9000 sq ft house and their Mercedes AMG63 people begin to realize that they are the ones enriching these individuals who want to show off their riches but then cry foul when someone downloads their music for free.

So, basically what I am saying is that if you don’t want your product obtained for free, don’t use free forums to advertise. And price your product so that people like myself don’t download it because it is easier to just go and buy the CD. And finally, if you are one of these artist, don’t flaunt your wealth because people who don’t have everything you have, usually figure you have so much that if they get a free copy, you aren’t going to miss it.

G.