The albums downloads included more than just music in this case. The Ghosts download included FLACs (as well as multiple encoding of mp3s) of all the songs and

The albums downloads included more than just music in this case. The Ghosts download included FLACs (as well as multiple encoding of mp3s) of all the songs and high quality art that was created for the release (I think it was $10 for everything, and more money for a limited-release vinyl). So had you known about the download, there would have been even more of an incentive to get it from nin.com I definitely agree about supporting the band through merchandise and concerts. I ended up seeing NIN four times in 2008, dragging my parents to one of their shows. I can't say I did this because of purely wanting to support the band, but due to the Lights In The Sky tour being so jaw-droppingly amazing.