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Originally Posted by sinclair
And can you imagine the kind of fan loyalty a band like Tool can monetize through direct digital distribution. My guess is they would cash in. I know I'd rather buy their stuff direct.
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I have no doubt they could. I think what he was saying is that pirating, torrents and digital downloading as a whole is not great for cultivating fans and building the music industry in general. That doesn't mean that there aren't acts who could cash in big time.
To me it is one of those things where for every big success story of some band or person utilizing online tools to strike it big, there are hundreds that fail miserably so it isn't the great equalizer that a lot of people believe it to be.