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Old 02-07-2006, 04:08 PM   #16 (permalink)
Merkaba
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No I don't care so much about piracy on the internet. For the most part, mainstream musicians already sucker in more then enough people to buy the originals through record company advertisings, a few million people on the internet stealing is worth a lot but again it's not the end of the world for them, they're still getting big pay packs.

Little wee artists with no label might miss out a lot more financially, but if they're good, it is often counteracted with huge promotion via internet, promotion that leads to people hunting down authentic copies, copies they wouldn't be hunting for if it weren't for the internet.

Okay so it's illegal, but while it's easy pickings I'll take advantage of it. Until I earn millions of dollars to blow on authentic copies, I think I'll download. I don't even download entire albums, I just "taste test".
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