Re: [microsound] industry loses big

["ph!L @ c e n t i b e l" <hellomynameisphil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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there's also the "try before you buy" aspect of file-sharing. Many
people download a release to find out if they like it. If they do, then
they buy it. I've bought music I wouldn't have bought if I hadn't been
able to hear it first, so file-sharing may also contribute to an
*increase* in CD sales for independent artists. Or maybe it balances out
so that file-sharing makes no difference; for every 10 sales lost
because someone said "hey, I can download the latest mego release for
free," there may be 10 others who download it, try it out and buy it,
who wouldn't have bought it otherwise. 

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<-----Original Message----->
> 
>From: Ant Weiss
>Sent: 1/22/2003 12:03:05 AM
>To: microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [microsound] industry loses big
>
>I certainly do care about independent artists (including people 
> on this list) who are losing out on CD sales because their music is 
> available for free, without their consent. True, it might only cost
them 
>10 
> CD sales, but when you've printed up 500 CDs and are trying to recoup
your 
> costs, 10 CD sales is a lot. 
>
>The question that springs to mind is - "what is more important for the 
>independent artist? - selling all of his/her 
>500 CDs or getting their music to a wider audience?" Living in a
country 
>where an experimental limited edition CD 
>is not very easy to get by, I have to say that being able to turn to 
>SoulSeek to search for some new name I see 
>on the Net (e.g. on the list) makes my life much more exciting - this
way 
>I can decide what I like, and then go on to buy 
>those records online, or if I happen to stumble upon them in my local
record 
>shop. 
>
>And I'm sure you won't find too many true music lovers ( and these are
the 
>people who go for experimental , aren't they?) 
>who would prefer a cd of burnt mp3's over an original artist's CD. 
>
>Ant 

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