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Musicians suing fans?
amok:
--- Quote from: tommydski ---then just don't buy albums by bands that release singles.
how many great bands are there that still have singles i wonder?
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Yeah, there was a great article by some really famous pop artist (I forget who - might have been Courtney Love?) justifying piracy on the grounds that it makes artists "afraid of their own filler". If a pop act makes an album of 3 catchy singles and 8 tracks of monotonous shit, people will preview the mp3s and won't buy the albums. On the other hand, if a band releases a solid album, then chances are a good proportion of those who download it will buy it or otherwise reimburse them. I'll have a nose around, don't seem to have it bookmarked.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: El Opium ---Edit:
So I can't pay collector scum $50 on ebay for OOP releases? Should I throw away my record player because most of the vinyl on the market is used? Is Amok just trying to rock the boat? What if musicians aern't in it to make money and only play on the occaisional weekend?
Seriously, telling people to only buy new stuff comes close to supporting censorship, and most smaller record shops do the majority of their business in used goods.
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I didn't mean only new music, mate. I meant only buy new music, as in purchase music you don't own rather than downloading illegally.
alyosha:
--- Quote from: amok ---
--- Quote from: tommydski ---then just don't buy albums by bands that release singles.
how many great bands are there that still have singles i wonder?
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Yeah, there was a great article by some really famous pop artist (I forget who - might have been Courtney Love?) justifying piracy on the grounds that it makes artists "afraid of their own filler". If a pop act makes an album of 3 catchy singles and 8 tracks of monotonous shit, people will preview the mp3s and won't buy the albums. On the other hand, if a band releases a solid album, then chances are a good proportion of those who download it will buy it or otherwise reimburse them. I'll have a nose around, don't seem to have it bookmarked.
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That's a good point. I never thought about it that way... Hrm.
amok:
http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/14/love/index4.html
It was Courtney Love. The part I paraphrased is on page 5 but the whole article is a great read.
Storm Rider:
--- Quote from: tommydski ---i have always gone on to buy every album i have downloaded unless it sucked.
then i deleted it.
if you can convince me of why i shouldn't do this i will stop.
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I do more or less the same thing, except I haven't bought all of the albums yet. I'm working on it though.
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