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Originally Posted by evil nickname
Perhaps in the case of artists, they lose a sale, but I wouldn't even argue that people who download music would buy all they download when they couldn't download it.
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Artists do lose a sale, and that's the problem. The music industry has changed, and most of the money is made from touring these days as opposed to record sales. This is not a huge issue for established artists, who already have a following to buy their concert tickets, but up and coming bands, I think, have no choice except to give some music out for free in order to get their music out there. It's a cost of doing business.
I also think you are correct in that people probably wouldn't otherwise buy everything they download. and it might even work in the artists' favor in the long run, because you might get turned onto a new artist via a download and end up buying their stuff later or seeing them live. It still doesn't make it legal, though.