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Originally Posted by Moejoe
You mean the bands who see very little profit from the sale of that CD (especially if under contract from one of the big corps), and actually make the lion's share of their money from touring and merchandise? The bands who get free advertising and grow their fanbases through sharing. It's not about Robin Hood, it's about his Merry Men, all of them singing and dancing and enjoying the culture without silly barriers.
EDIT: and there were millions upon millions of people 'not' purchasing music before the internet. They copied it off the radio onto tapes, or taped it directly from vinyl.
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I’m all for cutting out the middleman entirely – let’s do away with the record labels and book publishers – I’m all for it and would love to see that. However, doing so wouldn’t change the fact that in the end, it’s the artist who suffers. If I were to download the Decemberists new cd directly from their website, and then upload it to the web, who’s losing out now?
Things were a bit different when my friends and I would copy tapes for each other, however, we’re now in an environment were the uploading of a single, leaked CD can be uploaded and distributed throughout the globe in seconds.
My guess, is that those silly barriers wouldn’t appear so silly if your livelihood, your ability to put food on the table and into your child’s mouth were in any way jeopardized so that others could frolic freely as a result of your hard work.