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Originally Posted by sassanik
For the music business, they are getting no more money from me than they have in the past. As I have never regularly purchased music they are not losing business from me, they never had it in the first place. I was willing to pay when I could get it through allofmp3.com, though I am not sure that the artists actually got money from those, Russian copyright is very fuzzy. I would be willing to pay again if I felt that the prices were what I wanted to pay. Otherwise I will go to my library, which I do pay for through my taxes and my late fee's and support them.
Amy
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Amy, I'm pretty sure AllofMP3 wasn't paying the artists anything, so the cost per song might need to be a bit higher than what they were charging to be fair. They did probably have an advantage in pricing simply due to the fact that the operators were working in a lower-cost economy.
But I'm inclined to agree that you are supporting the artists at least somewhat by going to the local library, which is likely to continue to buy more music by artists you've borrowed in the past. I don't think it's quite right, though, because the CDs get returned to be borrowed by other patrons. Maybe you could consider buying a percentage of music by your favorite artists, just to sort of balance things out? Particularly if you can buy it directly from them through websites, concert sales, etc.
