There's a big difference between downloading a song, and buying a song. Someone may download a song if they like it, but would not have necessarily bought it. Not even for $0.99, or even $0.10. Has the artist lost money? Or have they gained exposure? Sure, the big stars have it in their best interest to have DRM protecting their "investment", but the lower 95% will gain much more exposure without it.
The caveat is that if a previously unkown artist reaches stardom via this exposure, then they fall in the former category...
Pehaps this is the result of Linux cutting into Unix's market share? Those that may have purchased Unix instead chose an open source solution? Or does this include Linux?
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There's a big difference between downloading a song, and buying a song. Someone may download a song if they like it, but would not have necessarily bought it. Not even for $0.99, or even $0.10. Has the artist lost money? Or have they gained exposure? Sure, the big stars have it in their best interest to have DRM protecting their "investment", but the lower 95% will gain much more exposure without it. The caveat is that if a previously unkown artist reaches stardom via this exposure, then they fall in the former category...
Pehaps this is the result of Linux cutting into Unix's market share? Those that may have purchased Unix instead chose an open source solution? Or does this include Linux?