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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
But to be sure, they worry about not getting the up and coming bands signed into to crappy, long term contracts as that's how they get the successful bands locked up long term--get them before they have any other options. So fair point.
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Exactly. They're worried about the future of their business if they aren't able to extort new artists.
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But at the same time, up and comers don't need P2P either. Than can use myspace, facebook etc. to stream their music. Tons of bands (new and established) do so already.
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Hence the FUD campaign that "downloading" is illegal. Sure, they have been a lot more successful in making segments of the public afraid of P2P, but I'm sure they would love to create an environment that equates any downloading of music (outside of their controlled chains) with "theft". That's why they have misinformation campaigns to try and create a culture that associates words like "piracy" and "theft" with downloading (instead of uploading).
Ask some people if file-sharing is illegal (without saying whether or not copyright is even involved) and many would automatically say yes. Those people have been led to believe that downloading any music for free is "wrong". A large part of that is due to the publicity that these lawsuits have given them.