06-07-2003, 11:49 AM
Quote:Based on my informal observation in Real Life, most people who figure out how to pirate music online don't buy music at all. Even the ones who don't get music online will pirate their friends CDs, if they have the equipment and know-how to copy a CD. It's the ones who are totally clueless about using computers who seem to have the large, legal record collections.
Funny. My RL experience suggests exactly the opposite. All the people I know who heavily download songs from the net spend a big part of their money on records. For many music fans, having a burned CD is kind of unsatisfactory. If you really like the stuff, you want the lyrics, the booklet, etc. Plus, many "hardcore fans" prefer vinyl over CDs anytime.
Personally, I download (and upload) quite a bit of music over Soulseek (http://www.slsk.org). Since you can get music from the net so easily, I do not buy any records from "big" bands anymore. They and their record labels are making more than enough money already. I do try to buy records of "smaller" bands I like, though.
Moldran