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Originally Posted by Robert Randolph  The problem is that people assume that because someone pirates music, that they do not BUY music. This has been disproved previously. The case tends to be that people who pirate music tend to buy MORE music than those who don't. That means if you vilify pirates, you're vilifying your primary customer base.
I don't fall into either category. I neither pirate nor do I buy albums.
Don't recall complaining about the prices of mp3s. Don't really see anyone here complaining about them either. |
The OPs link is about pricing of mp3s. Yes there are some people who both pirate music and also pay for it. The point is that there are 1000s of outlets for listening to practically whatever song you want for free that don't involve pirating. So people don't pirate for the lack of free outlets for music and therefore there is little reason to make the case that those that do steal music should somehow be coddled by the "industry".