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i would agree with derwood and gibber, except for the fact that artists who became musicians for the money are worthless. Any good artist simply wants people to listen to and appreciate their work. Bands like metallica that would rather make their record label millions need to quit THEIR bitchin. They were good when they were small, but now the suck big hairy balls. Then there's the other side with someone like Dashboard Confessional. I've never once heard him on the radio and only once ever seen him on mtv, but everyone that i've ever talked to knows him...how do they know him you ask? BECAUSE THEY DOWNLOAD MUSIC. and because they downloaded music, they went to his concerts and bought his shirts. Any real musician would rather have a million people enjoy their music than make a million dollars of off it.
The record labels aren't losing money just because people are downloading. They are losing money because people aren't buying cd's...they're buying dvd's and video games and cell phones and all the new crap thats out there. They're buying the new stuff that they actually care about. That's why people are complaining about the costs of cd's, they got all of this more important stuff to pay for. But anyway, when 99% of musicians say it is wrong to download music, i'll stop...until then, I'm not listening to a word the fuckin RIAA says.
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