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I can see that if groups are not making money out of album sales due to free downloading, they are going to put up the cost of gigs.
I agree with you. Free downloading must have a massive effect on musicians earnings. Would I be correct in thinking this is a generation thing? I tend to buy CD's, as I like 1) to have an official release and 2) to support the people who write/play/produce the music I am listening to. In some cases I have duplicates as they may have bonus stuff on them. My brother is the same - he has piles of CD's stacked up in his living room.
My teenage Son and his mates are a different kettle of fish however. They have never known life without the Internet and downloads, so downloading is the way they do things. They have little interest in owning (or paying for) music, which is very sad. We have now set up an account for him where he pays for his music downloads, and we pay for it. At least this keeps him on the right side of the law and puts food on the table for those who make the music.
Intestingly, I recently purchased the 40th anniversary edition of Bowie's 'Space Oddity'. This supersedes a previous copy I have had for 15 years or so. One of my son's mates is a big Bowie fan. I offered it as a gift to her but it still sits on my CD shelf. I can remember purchasing the vinyl version when I was a kid and it took me weeks to save for it. I was never offered a free copy of anything, so would have jumped at a chance like this.
I don't know what I'm trying to say here, but Richard's comment;
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EVERYTHING has been devalued everyone knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
rings very true. DVD ripping is the same. I love collecting official releases, and have no interest in copies. My attitude seems very different to many people around me, who would rather have some dodgey copy without giving a thought to those that make a living in the movie industry.
Anyhow, 'nuff said - I will get back in my box now
Cheers, Steve.