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kane · 11-04-2007, 05:40 PM

I actually think the article is fairly accurate. File sharing and illegal downloading are running rampant, but you see very few artists saying anything. The reason is many artists don't make that much money from actual CD sales. They make it from radio play, concert tickets, merchandise and so on so it would be easy to see how many bands actually see more money with downloads.

If you have a band that sells 500K of their first record. They will have a nice tour and make some good bank playing live and make some nice money from radio play. They then come out with their second record. It only sells 400K copies, but it gets downloaded a million times. Chances are the band will get around the same amount of radio play, but they will play larger concert venues and sell more tickets and merch so the file sharing actually helps them. The one it hurts is the record company that usually gets nothing from bands tour revenue and merch sales.

It is illegal, but it is easy to see how many bands, especially smaller ones, actually benefit greatly from it.

11-04-2007, 05:40 PM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	I actually think the article is fairly accurate. File sharing and illegal downloading are running rampant, but you see very few artists saying anything. The reason is many artists don't make that much money from actual CD sales. They make it from radio play, concert tickets, merchandise and so on so it would be easy to see how many bands actually see more money with downloads. If you have a band that sells 500K of their first record. They will have a nice tour and make some good bank playing live and make some nice money from radio play. They then come out with their second record. It only sells 400K copies, but it gets downloaded a million times. Chances are the band will get around the same amount of radio play, but they will play larger concert venues and sell more tickets and merch so the file sharing actually helps them. The one it hurts is the record company that usually gets nothing from bands tour revenue and merch sales. It is illegal, but it is easy to see how many bands, especially smaller ones, actually benefit greatly from it.