... and so the almighty question is:

Do you download your music, or buy it?

I buy my albums. I currently own about 130+ cd's and the collection continues to grow.
If I want some new music, I listen to some samples at Last.fm, read some user reviews at Metal-Archives and make up my mind.
I cannot stand having some downloaded songs on my pc, it has to be full albums from my cd's.

What about you, how do you get your music? Please don't mention any links, since it's illegal downloading through P2P, torrents and the likes.

I buy my music.

I only buy physical media unless I have no choice. If there are some exclusive live tracks from a band I love that is only available on iTunes...then I will buy it. That is my only exception though...

I download off iTunes.

I buy it.

So far I've always bought it.

itunes or buy the cds

Download it, I have no money to buy the albums. I would love to, since the quality is much better.

"Download it, I have no money to buy the albums. I would love to, since the quality is much better.
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I buy them usually. 

Last time I bought music was in the 90's.

I do both, depending on the situation such as how much I want the album etc.

I dont really listen to music, youtube thou

I download using torrents. I don't have money to buy all the music I want. And where would I buy japanese music...

I kind of mix it up. Last year I didn't download a single song, I bought all my music through CDs. This year I haven't bought a single song and I've torrented all my music.

I buy,I never was one for downloading...

Download, if I could afford to get CD's I would though.

3/4 Download 1/4 Buy

I listen to it on youtube so technically i neither download or buy my music. However iTunes is the place i buy from if i ever do buy music.

Little bit of both. I buy CD's if I enjoy many of the songs on it, otherwise it's downloading.

Download it from iTunes and buy one cd or another

Back in the late 90s I downloaded a shit-ton of music.  But then I realized how much of a punk I was so I got rid of it all and since I've purchased all my music through iTunes because my iPod is the main way I listen to my music.

You gotta support good art.

Neither, I listen to it via Youtube. Hell, I'm listening to Lavos' theme on it right now.

Both, but I don't collect stuff so a digital copy is my main option. I buy them from iTunes.

"Download it, I have no money to buy the albums. I would love to, since the quality is much better.
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Allllll legal.

I download ones I can't buy without having to go through a bunch of loops and looking up if I can ship it here or not.

"I download ones I can't buy without having to go through a bunch of loops and looking up if I can ship it here or not.
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"henjin said:

"I download ones I can't buy without having to go through a bunch of loops and looking up if I can ship it here or not.
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Yeah, that's the big downside of buying albums. I buy mine from Amazon,and sometimes it takes week for them to arrive, but at least I get them cheap.
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I donwload it

download 1st, then if i like [and can afford it] ill buy it

Buy, always.

Never downloaded...never will.

download it

I DL off of iTunes unless I am looking for a Beatles-AC/DC-Sabbath record, because well, they aren't on iTunes.

I download music.

Download

I've done both.

I buy my music. Your question should be "Do you buy music or pirate it?" because many people who buy it now, download it legally off itunes or other sites.

I don't understand the internet pirate school of thought. They try to make p2p sharing seem like the civil rights cause of our time. Is it as bad as stealing a physical CD? No. The distributor isn't loosing a possible sale. But it still isn't right. People want all of the music they want without paying. And I do find that selfish.

I'm not trying to demean pirates. I use to be one. And I have friends who are. It just don't find it right.

"I don't understand the internet pirate school of thought. They try to make p2p sharing seem like the civil rights cause of our time. Is it as bad as stealing a physical CD? No. The distributor isn't loosing a possible sale. But it still isn't right. People want all of the music they want without paying. And I do find that selfish.

I'm not trying to demean pirates. I use to be one. And I have friends who are. It just don't find it right.
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"I download off iTunes.
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I buy albums from bands I love, and buy individual songs from other bands on ITunes and Amazon.

I dl 'em

paying for music is a joke its the sad truth

1 CD in 1996 that I mostly hated then Napster(1999-2002), then Kazaa, WinMX, Limewire, Kazaalite then Nada. I don't buy music from artist because I don't believe people should be signed into a million dollar recording contract just to use computers to enhance their voices or create lyrics and songs using computer's to make it way to easy. Causes the quality of todays music to become somewhat repetative and lacking of originality.

30% my own CDs, 10% iTunes, 60% downloaded.

I buy my cds, but when it comes to videogame soundtrack i download them

i will openly say that i have never bought music, but now that i have a job i will probebly mend my ways to a certain degree.

If I buy music I always buy a CD then rip it into Zune, I like having a physical copy of the CD.
Plus I really hate downloading because your whole collection gets so unorganized and thats the main reason I buy CD's, all the music comes neatly filed into their respective albums and the quality is excellent.

Used to only buy cds, now i mix downloading and getting the physical copy

I use torrents. Last night I downloaded marilyn manson discography in 10 minutes. Beat that .