> Now maybe the impact of rampant file sharing and burning stuff becomes > clear... Think about it... > what about final scratch, cd-dj's, traktor, live? people who buy records, buy records because they want them; just not the music.
we were talking last night about dj hell and that first big track (forget the name) he put out and how it was file shared so much. and how he lost so much money on it. i was thinking about it and said well maybe if that track had not be shared to such an extreme, dj hell would not be the super-star dj he is now? GT is the store never had anything in stock (what i was looking for at least). the dj culture in the US is dropping off. people are spending money else where. until audiogalaxy closed down i was one of the biggest file sharer's i knew. but i was looking for new music and the file sharing helped me find music i liked and IMO made me buy MORE records then i would have, if i had not been able to hear the music the sales would have never been made. i think it is really funny the record companies use the amount of d/ls a song get to track how it will do. they use the system they curse! its free market research for them. -scotto lansing, mi. plaztikjezuz.com ps i'm not saying this to start a_debate_on file_sharing_again_. i do think artists should get paid. but the amount the RC make over the artist/creator is very disproportionate. and how they lend money, i better stop now before this become a very long rant!!!
