Poll reveals fans' downloading and copying habits
Tue 17 Jun, 2008
I download music, but the thing is - this gives me the chance to listen to music that I would not normally get to hear. If I like it, I then go out and buy the full album and/or see the band live...things which I probably wouldn't do without hearing at least a couple of their songs, to avoid wasting my money on stuff that turns out to be rubbish. I've found so much good music on downloads that I wouldn't have had the opportunity to hear if I'd have had to pay for it. One good example is the Arctic Monkeys - I'd downloaded practically their whole album before they had even been signed, and I think it's safe to say that's true of most of their fans - and look where they got! Nobody can say that illegal downloads did them any harm. If anything, the music industry should embrace free downloads, not constantly seek to criminalize it - they won't do themselves any favours by doing so, and will probably end up worse off.
Wed 18 Jun, 2008
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'Nearly 100 per cent of music fans copy music illegally'
Poll reveals fans' downloading and copying habits
Tue 17 Jun, 2008
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