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Originally Posted by Inferno
People should not have to pay for something they don't like but bands also deserve to be compensated for something they created regardless of how successful they are. Bands and record labels need to find more ways to show their material to fans without feeling they're being ripped off. What they should be doing is things like streaming their albums on their website at certain dates or doing what Metallica did for St. Anger and releasing videos of them rehearsing the songs off the album. That way fans can hear an album in full but not at the quality they would if they bought the actual album.
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Aren't they doing enough? What about radio singles and free mp3's that bands give on the internet?
We watch movies based on a preview..there is no guarantee the movie will be good...I've seen more than enough garbage movies in my life..that doesn't mean I expect to be able to watch bad movies for free. Same thing with books, I don't know the full content of a book before I buy it. That's the way it goes with anything that qualifies as artistic. You are taking a chance with it.
The more I think about it, the more I think people are really just trying to legitimize getting the material without having to pay for it. As you've stated, not everyone uses downloads as a preview before buying. Most of my friends have ipods full of music. Many of them don't have a single CD around their house. And they aren't paying for music on Itunes. Just so happens these are the same people that would'nt give a rats ass if the entire industry crumbled, because music just isn't that important to them. They'd rather just switch over to mainstream radio and be fine with it.