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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam
Retail stores don't do much to cater to niche markets. I can't remember the last time I bought a CD from a chain outlet; they're usually overpriced and the selection is bloody awful.
File sharing only kills the enormous markets for music, the people who can't be bothered to leave the comfort of their home to get the latest Britney Spears album. And when it comes down to it, the people that suffer from it are the major labels, not the musicians or the independent music stores.
The point being that the people who care enough to listen to some unknown band's music are more likely to buy it after they know they like it.
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Not to go round in circles, but thats precicely why there is a need for the independents to flourish as said previously, but the margins are less for those traders and as such they will be hit hardest even by a modest drop in sales in favour of file sharing.