Piracy only kills music that people are willing to bargain for, i.e. where the cost matters and not so much the music. That translates to a lot of mediocre crap

Piracy only kills music that people are willing to bargain for, i.e. where the cost matters and not so much the music. That translates to a lot of mediocre crap generated and promoted by the record industry themselves. However, the reason people buy works of good musicians and bands is that because it means something to them to own that particular cd or album. That's something you can't pirate because the point is to own something from the artist and through that bond emotionally liken yourself to him/her. If someone's good, it doesn't suffice to copy his music for free because you can hear it in a lot of places anyway. And you've probably already copied his albums from same place or some friend by the time. But you're still craving for the only remedy which is to buy the album yourself so that you can listen to your own copy of that album. People want to own things that they deem important, and nothing's going to change that. The market for that is smaller than the preplanned pop music market of today, but it's still a big market and it's also a market that isn't subject to whims of trends that come and go.