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kane · 03-12-2005, 11:53 PM

also, the fact that so few acts make much money from CD sales is why they have such a hard time getting artists to come out against file sharing and MP3 downloading. Most of the artists just don't care because if you go buy the CD they aren't going to see anything from it so they want you to get thier music. What they do care about is you buying the ticket to see them play live. A great example of this is U2. They did the Ipod commercial and are promoting downloading. Now they come out and say buy the songs and download them, but really they don't care. They are big enough that they got a nice advance for the new record and with all thier expenses they know they will never see a dime of money from the sale of CD's. But they will rake in the cash with licensing the songs to movies, and TV and commercials and charging $150 bucks a seat to see them on the new tour. In the end they would like you to buy the CD but what they really care about is if you shell out the cash to see them live.

03-12-2005, 11:53 PM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	also, the fact that so few acts make much money from CD sales is why they have such a hard time getting artists to come out against file sharing and MP3 downloading. Most of the artists just don't care because if you go buy the CD they aren't going to see anything from it so they want you to get thier music. What they do care about is you buying the ticket to see them play live. A great example of this is U2. They did the Ipod commercial and are promoting downloading. Now they come out and say buy the songs and download them, but really they don't care. They are big enough that they got a nice advance for the new record and with all thier expenses they know they will never see a dime of money from the sale of CD's. But they will rake in the cash with licensing the songs to movies, and TV and commercials and charging $150 bucks a seat to see them on the new tour. In the end they would like you to buy the CD but what they really care about is if you shell out the cash to see them live.