Listening to the radio, does it make you want to buy music? I see downloading as the same thing. I can listen to the radio for free, and hell request the songs that I want. Why can't I just skip the middle man?
Should just release good quality tracks online with an ad before you can download it.
Really most pop bands nowadays can't sing anyway. It's all edited on huge recording studio PCs till it sounds right. Really buying music is paying for a karaoke singer who has been warped to sound good. Making the karaoke singer WAY too much money in the process. I bet 70% of them lip sink for concerts anyway.
What have they really done to deserve the money? The entire money system is fundamentally flawed. It rewards people who look good and have some nature talent to entertain while people who really work and study hard to progress the human race get next to nothing. When was the last time noble prize winners were publicised as much as say paris hilton? Who really deserve the publicity?
But I'm going off on a tangent. If I couldn't download music I'd listen to the radio, and I think everyone here would be the same. Torrents just open the word up for more different bands. I bet statistically speaking most bands in the world are pro-p2p because it means they can get their music out to the world. Do you play music for the money or the enjoyment? I wonder how many artists are really against it or if it is all down to the record agencies not making as much profit off them.
If I had my way TV license would become media licenses and you could download anything you wanted from the internet. Most TV stations have started releasing their programs online, why haven't record companies followed suit? Instead of working against online sites work with them to make it free but with advertising.
