[Rumori] re: Songwriters Say Piracy Eats Into Their Pay

[das]

bingo matt hit it on the head.
when you download, all you get is a file.
none of the yummy fetish of owning a copy with art/credits etc.

and who gives a shit about singles
and who gives a shit about charts
lawyaers and middlemen
real artists make music because they must

if you want to see a good model of a band that has figured out how to make the
net pay, check out einstruzende neubaten
who have many very cheap exclusive downloads all that lead one to purchase full
copies of releases.

and does anyone know the follow up to the story of the person who put an apple
i-tunes file on e-bay ??

matt davignon wrote:

> When I download mp3's, it gives me an idea of whether I like the artist. If
> I do, I buy their cd because I want to listen to it at places other than my
> computer. If I have a whole album, admittedly, I'll often buy a different
> album, but I do buy something of the artist's.