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Originally Posted by PulpMind
to those that would state Best Buy, Circuit City, or any similar chain: You are a pawn.
Pirating may not feed artists, but buying from these sources hardly does either. At least pirates are only stealing once.
If you believe in supporting artists, then buy directly from them (everyone has a website now!), or at least from a local record store, where 50% of the record sale will go to the artist instead of %05 or less.
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No but the money DOES go back to the label to which the artist owes a great deal of money. Even when you buy from a "local record store" that doesn't mean the artist gets anymore (or less) than any other place. Most major artists don't sell through their own websites anyway.
If you're talking about indie artists that have put the record out with no advance from anyone then yeah ... they might get a larger percentage.
Where did you get the number 50% anyway? If I did all the legwork to get a record into a local shop I'd want at least 75 -85%. If I relied on a distribution company I'd probably get something like 50% or less (depends on how popular I am and how saavy I am when signing the contract).
But you go ahead and tell yourself that people who buy music legitimately through major chains are pawns ... anything you can do to justify your thievery.
Most major artists are in debt to the label ... the money goes to the label because the label agreed to loan money to the artist. The artist still owes the money regardless of whether the song was purchased at Best Buy or Uncle Shmoes Record Store or if people like you steal it from P2P sites.
Oh wait, here's your comeback for that, "Well, it's the artists fault for signing a deal with the devil. I'll continue stealing the music so we can 'break this vicious cycle' because I'm such a stand up guy."
(I apologize for the threadjack).