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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete
Physical copies already are generally expensive and have been for a long time. If you're given the option to pay $18 for a CD where the band only sees maybe a dollar with the rest being split between the distributor and the record label to recoup the cost of recording the album versus doing a Google search and finding it for free, what would you do?
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Call me old fashion but I would buy the CD, I guess. My local Used Record store got shut down from strong arm tactics of RIAA lawyers, the owner closed up shop on his own to avoid legal action. I knew the owner, he had an amazing knowledge of music. In defense of my friend, he never made a copy of regular albums, but only provided hard-to-find & unreleasable material. He was dimed out by a stool pigeon who was busted by RIAA landsharks, he squealed like a pig "why me?" and then proceeded to give them a list of other stores around the city that sold bootlegs too.
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Originally Posted by mord
Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.
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