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Originally Posted by djfierce

Consumer attitude of entitlement to music makes me sick, these sites are technically legal, but they use current loopholes in entertainment laws, because of national boundaries and the international community failing to get it together in acknowledging music laws that shouldn't just apply to where the record label and artist are based or the publisher has the license. Yet these leeches think they are doing a service to music fans by just taking and putting it out there for anyone.

I saw someone post on facebook the other day that itunes was too expensive and was forcing people to download or stream music for free. That's just rubbish. I remember paying £2.99 for a single cd when i was younger, now to buy a single you're looking at 69-99p of which the artist receives approx 10p depending on their deal with the label.Albums used to be around £13 now sells for £6ish of which the artist recieves approx £2.What about the band that has to split it 5 ways? I know money is tight for everyone these days, but artists deserve the respect of having their product bought and not stolen. Music enriches our lives so can't we at least show some love to the artists and musicians that pour their money, time, love and commitment into making something that can make your day a little brighter.

This is one of the main reasons why there is so much shitty pop formula driven music out there atm, record labels are playing the numbers game now more than ever to generate sales, it has also caused the emergence of the just plain evil contract known as 360 which takes half of everything artists make. It's obscene but its not just the record labels we have to thank for that, its the fans who think music should be made available to them, that they are entitled to hear their favourite artist without paying a penny or as little as possible. It's hard as hell for new bands and artists to get started for this very reason.

One of the best posts i've ever read, agree 100% with everything you say.