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Originally Posted by Conan
That's just too much responsibility, for me. It works well with people who have the self discipline... but I just can't trust myself to actually buy a copy  |
I treat myself like that. I feel like if I abandon all of my rules, I'll become some kind of downloading hick scumbag, but realistically, I'd probably continue to purchase.
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Originally Posted by +81
I do like the sounds of this "pay after you listen" idea though.
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Itunes ought to allow everyone a single free listen of an album before they purchase it. Then they can use punkbuster type software to mark their files and prevent users from sharing them if they are so inclined.
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Originally Posted by music_phantom13
80%? Not sure where you got that but most artists get far less than 20% of the profits when you buy an album, to be sure. I'm sure any musician would be extremely lucky to make a dollar off every album sold. And keep in mind that comes after enough albums have been sold to pay off the record companies for whatever you owed them.
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Not to mention that the vast majority of profit goes to the retailer first, then the label, so on and so forth down the line.