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ok, Anetalaya, your comment pissed me off a bit. you are BUYING copies of pirated photoshop?!?! wtf? ok, you are a prick and so is the guy selling it. s/he is a fucker. see, to make profit off of SOMEONE else work is bullshit. that i DO NOT encourage. if you got it for freee, give it for free. if you got it for free with legal permission to distribute for free, do that.
see, i download and use and share...FOR FREE! nothing comes to me..
PG, your comment about taking away from the artist is the common retort from the recording industry and their pundit musicians. the problem with the anology is artists are not in control of royalites, the label is. the label sets the bill of sale. if the musician disagrees, the label decides to turn around and use reasons such as studio time, marketing, image, press gigs, prints, cd copying process, cash allotment upfront, etc. so in essence the muscian is just s whore to the pimp industry.
now, 4cY mentioned an excellent solution, PAYPAL. bands have albums online, you like, you buy whole thing. you dislike, you don't buy. share/profit would break even. sure their shit will be shared, but fuck it, they would also get paid too. grateful dead made millions off their albums AND ENCOURAGED people to come to their shows and RECORD FOR FREE AND DISTRUBTE THE MUSIC.
see, the paypal thing would work two fold:
1. artists would be more in control of their profits.
2. artists would have ability to attract a much large audience
3. the potention of artists to sell any and all tracks regardless of which one sucked or not
4. artist could find out which songs and sound user/fans like to hear and can build mold themselves to a niche for their particular audience.
5. designer and developers would see much more business by the fact that tons of artists will need to get into the technology of eBiz.
6. technology sector and artists could team up to form alliance that would topple copr megamachine.
7. independent artsts would no longer be a loose term for low budget bands but would mean the artist is in fact a true musician for the people...no for profit.
i could go on and on. but i am trying to download the english version of shaolin soccer. being on the internet is sucking my bandwidth. :)