P2P
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The problem with bands doing the Paypal thing is, yep, that's a GREAT way to start sticking two fingers up to the quite frankly dispicable record companies who care not for art but for a fast buck. However, if an artist charges a fiver for an album over paypal, someone will still stick it in their music directory and let others download it.
Also if people turn a blind eye to people sharing their stuff, then what are they doing selling it at top whack to others? How can you say, ok, if you or a close friend has a broadband connection and kazaa, you can have our stuff for free, if not, pay £12. That's bizarre. And if you don't charge, you can't be a full time artist so the output suffers, you can't afford to tour etc.
Musicians NEED to allow people to listen to them over the internet if they want any attention. If they don't they are fools. It's the new radio. I reckon every new artist should have three tracks available, at least one for download, and should work on extra content for their CDs to make them stand out from what you can download (which is why DVDs get more and more popular in the face of pirated films using stuff like divX;-) stuff)
The P2P, and just the general download culture thing won't go away and will never stop. It will profoundly effect the entertainment industry, like video did in all it's forms in the early 80s. There is no way round it.
And if you forget the legal side of it, it IS a bloody fantastic concept...