i am a teen, which seems to be the main target audience of the general music industry. normal CDs cost anywhere between $10 (if your lucky) and $20, which happens to be about 20% of the average teens weekly earnings. when one of my friends buys a CD of a band i like, i copy it, adding to my own CD collection.
how does this bring money to you, you ask? well, with that $10-$20 i saved, i still buy CDs. instead of buying a CD that will already sell millions of copies, and having the same CD as my friends, i am now more likely to buy CDs of lesser-known, more independent bands, such as yourself. had CD copying not been around, i would have never been able to afford your CD in the first place, and you would gain nothing. with CD copying, i spend the same amount of money as i always would, but i get more music. the same amount of my paycheck goes into the music industry, but more of it gets into the hands of the artists who need it, and not the ones who are already millionairs. call it supporting diversification in the industry.
on a related note, i think the whole intellectial property issue is bullshit. the real money from any artist should come from their concerts or other live preformances, not their CD sales. the fact that people are catching on that music, something with no actual physical presence, should be used as though we are pretending it does have a physical presence (i.e. you cant make a copy of a car for free, why a song?) makes me glad. of course, thats just my opinion on that specific matter, so i dont expect anyone to agree.
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i am a teen, which seems to be the main target audience of the general music industry. normal CDs cost anywhere between $10 (if your lucky) and $20, which happens to be about 20% of the average teens weekly earnings. when one of my friends buys a CD of a band i like, i copy it, adding to my own CD collection.
how does this bring money to you, you ask? well, with that $10-$20 i saved, i still buy CDs. instead of buying a CD that will already sell millions of copies, and having the same CD as my friends, i am now more likely to buy CDs of lesser-known, more independent bands, such as yourself. had CD copying not been around, i would have never been able to afford your CD in the first place, and you would gain nothing. with CD copying, i spend the same amount of money as i always would, but i get more music. the same amount of my paycheck goes into the music industry, but more of it gets into the hands of the artists who need it, and not the ones who are already millionairs. call it supporting diversification in the industry.
on a related note, i think the whole intellectial property issue is bullshit. the real money from any artist should come from their concerts or other live preformances, not their CD sales. the fact that people are catching on that music, something with no actual physical presence, should be used as though we are pretending it does have a physical presence (i.e. you cant make a copy of a car for free, why a song?) makes me glad. of course, thats just my opinion on that specific matter, so i dont expect anyone to agree.