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I sometimes wonder if this whole thing isn't sort of a catch-22 for the record labels. It seems somewhat intuitive that greater piracy/sharing would lead to mor
by Rudism 14y ago
I sometimes wonder if this whole thing isn't sort of a catch-22 for the record labels. It seems somewhat intuitive that greater piracy/sharing would lead to more exposure and more sales, but how many of those sales are driven by people who use file sharing as a means of music discovery, then purchase their favorites out of guilt? If the record labels acquiesce and begin to embrace file sharing as another method of exposure, that guilt-factor would evaporate because now torrenting isn't "wrong" anymore, thus eliminating those increased sales.
- DanBC 14y agoI don't buy things after torrenting because I feel guilty for torrenting. I buy things after torrenting because I like those things. If I dislike those things I delete them and don't buy them.
- tripzilch 14y agoAdditionally I make sure that the money I pay goes as directly as possible to the record label and/or artist. Usually the music I find worth buying is from smaller labels or independent artists, and I really wonder how any money I could pay to, say, Spotify would hypothetically find its way to them.
- DanBC 14y agoYes. Sometimes music isn't easily available, and in those cases I'd try to buy modern versions or merch.
- res0nat0r 14y agoAnd you also just screwed the artists you didn't like out of cash. Note: before you say you wouldn't have bought them anyway...that's how it works. You either listen to it on the radio / youtube etc for free. Then get to own the whole pristine mp3 version of it after you pay for it, not before.
- DanBC 14y agoHow have I screwed anyone out of any money? I don't see any difference between downloading then deleting music and asking to listen to something in a record shop.
- res0nat0r 14y agoBecause you will keep the perfect mp3/flac rip you downloaded and not pay for it. Except you are going to say you are the person who always pays for everything he keeps...everyone always seems to somehow become altruistic when it comes to this point of discussion on chat boards.
- DanBC 14y agoRead the post you replied to, where I said I delete stuff I downloaded that I dislike. I pay for the things I keep. Why would I keep things I don't like? That's just wasted disc space. Why assume I don't pay for things I download? You say they're perfect flacs or mp3s but ripped content is often far from perfect, so buying has the advantage of keeping me legal, giving money to people I like and getting me a better copy of the file.