Daniel Shaw wrote: > Last month I downloaded 25 albums. 9 of these were from net-based > labels that offer their music for free download, as well as an > option to buy a physical version. > I bought 7 albums, 6 of them ended up being from the net labels that > choose to let me listen to their music without being branded an > illegal downloader. > I obviously bought these albums because I really liked the music, > but there's also a feeling of participation, in that my money is > going towards people who endorse an approach to distribution that I > want to support. I can be sure that it's a really good fit before I > leave the store - I like the honesty.
That is all very good, and this next point is accurate: > Equally, just because someone downloads an album doesn't mean it's > lost revenue (which is how record companies seem to tally up all of > the money they 'lose'). A download doesn't equate to a lost purchase > if that purchase was never going to happen anyway. But nevertheless, there *is* a cohort of independent musicians who have found the new circumstances to be ruinous. Another example: http://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/features.php?which=340 So maybe Alastair and Campbell Kneale are has-beens who need to get with the times, but this new music consumer heaven is hurting someone other than Metallica. And perhaps their nostalgia mirrors yours: you play well by paying for obsolete media containing files you already (even legally) have, which is a little bit irrational. Douglas _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
