| My first post wow!!!
Right here are my two points:
1.
If the amount of money i spent on music cds in a shop was sensible compared to the cost of the production of the cds, and taking into account a fair profit due to the artist, i would make it my point not to download.
i feel that this is not the case at the moment for one reason in particular: when i was younger it cost me less to buy tapes. tapes are now more expenive to manufacture (my opinion) and so cds should be cheaper.
2.
Music does not always sell or not sell due to its merit. Some of the most influencial artists probably sell way less these days then your average one-shot pop wannabe. Yet there merit could enable long term profits (slow but consistent income). Their influence increases with the sharing of their music so i think it helps them.
of course this is not helpful to short term income
cheers
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