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Originally Posted by Agent 488
the artists that make money with free culture marketing do so because free culture enthusists make a point of purchasing the artists product to prove that you can make money giving things away for free.
experiments where artists have given their product away for free without being free culture propagandists have been abysmal.
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Very good point. But here's another point:
Bands and music are very FAN based. If you are a big fan of a certain band or musician you WILL buy it to "support" them. Just like sports fans support their teams.
For instance, I know that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards don't need my money. And I can definitely find their stuff for free. But as a FAN, I still buy their stuff. It's what a fan does.
That doesn't relate to the cookie cutter porn sites out there. Or even niche sites. Yes, sites like Claudia-Marie have real fans, as do other popular personality sites. And CM's fans join and stay and when they have to leave they write me at support and apologize for leaving and promise to come back as soon as they can.
But if it's just a guy who likes "big tits" and doesn't have any preference to whom those tits are attached to...then that Nine Inch Nails analogy doesn't work at all. It won't help Nasty Dollars sites for instance, to give all their shit away and expect folks to buy it anyway. They won't.