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forum's stance on sharing music?
surgerydrugsnrocknroll:
--- Quote from: eyepatch ---true, it could even be arguable that the sharing of music is beneficial to the industry.. even if it is a long shot :D
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i forget where,
but there was a study showing that, for smaller bands, filesharing increases their sales, while for big artists, it decreases sales, which makes perfect sense.
eyepatch:
so file sharing is morally correct! :D
I still feel guilty for not buying as many albums as I should, though
LIVE!Forever:
--- Quote from: surgerydrugsnrocknroll ---
--- Quote from: eyepatch ---true, it could even be arguable that the sharing of music is beneficial to the industry.. even if it is a long shot :D
--- End quote ---
i forget where,
but there was a study showing that, for smaller bands, filesharing increases their sales, while for big artists, it decreases sales, which makes perfect sense.
--- End quote ---
i've read about that but when i think about it, sometimes it is so hard to get an album from a smaller band that you and many others end up downloading it and never buying anything from the band.
surgerydrugsnrocknroll:
--- Quote from: LIVE!Forever ---
--- Quote from: surgerydrugsnrocknroll ---
--- Quote from: eyepatch ---true, it could even be arguable that the sharing of music is beneficial to the industry.. even if it is a long shot :D
--- End quote ---
i forget where,
but there was a study showing that, for smaller bands, filesharing increases their sales, while for big artists, it decreases sales, which makes perfect sense.
--- End quote ---
i've read about that but when i think about it, sometimes it is so hard to get an album from a smaller band that you and many others end up downloading it and never buying anything from the band.
--- End quote ---
the way i see it though,
is that small bands gain so much exposure from filesharing, its almost like free advertising, imo.
Rizzo:
My personal code is a bit odd.
I figure if an artist has enough money to advertise on TV or popular radio then they're probably earning heaps and don't need my money. Therefore I'll burn them. For instance Muse and Placebo are really awesome in my opinion but I only burn them. This because I should be spending my money on smaller bands who actually need the money to tour and so on.
If I hear a more obscure (eg not on music TV or corporate radio) band I like then I'll look for mp3s. I usually get 2 or 3. If I like all of them then I WILL buy an album within a month.
I don't usually buy albums without having heard some songs by the artist beforehand though.
There are a few things that break this rules, for instance I have burned the entire back catalogue of Shai Hulud and never brought anything. I'm not proud of this. I did go to their show though. Shook the singers hand. I will buy something one day. It's just impossibly hard to find their stuff in NZ. Just not right now.
The same goes for Covenant.
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