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jackhammer · 07-15-2008, 02:29 PM

I personally think for ARTISTS downloading could be seen as a good thing and paradoxically beneficial as they are reaching an even bigger audience. If their music is good enough then people will buy the official releases, go to gigs etc. 20 years ago apart from word of mouth, bands had to work their arse off. Hawking demos, playing fleapits at night after a days work.

People who download for the sole purpose of making money are the people who need to be targeted. The genuine fan is not ripping off anybody. They just have easier and faster access to a wider range of bands and surely that is beneficial to the bands?

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I personally think for ARTISTS downloading could be seen as a good thing and paradoxically beneficial as they are reaching an even bigger audience. If their music is good enough then people will buy the official releases, go to gigs etc. 20 years ago apart from word of mouth, bands had to work their arse off. Hawking demos, playing fleapits at night after a days work. People who download for the sole purpose of making money are the people who need to be targeted. The genuine fan is not ripping off anybody. They just have easier and faster access to a wider range of bands and surely that is beneficial to the bands? __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”