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Originally posted by danielf
Same here, I've got some 200 CDs (and 150 or so LPs). I'd happily buy more CDs if enough quality music were released.
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At the end of the day, this is really the problem.
So much crud has been released, by bands just recently - while at the same time the price per album has gone up - that people like you, and myself (I own approximately 400 CDs) - are thinking twice about spening 15 quid on a cd that may or may not be absolute rubbish.
If you look at some of the artists that have really complained about P2P - such as Metallica and Oasis - it seems to me, that it's usually the ones that have the most to lose? - i.e. both those bands have released some real stinkers of albums, in the past 5 years - and if people had been able to hear them before hand then they probably wouldn't have bought them.
Hypothetically speaking (/checks for any lawyers) I would be prepared be download an album and see if it was any good - before I actually went out and got a legit copy - because I've wasted more than enough money over the years - and am not as eager to just hand over my money any more.
Of course that last statement is entirely hypothetical, since I don't use P2P programs - I don't even know what they are, let alone own one. Or an internet connection. Or a computer for that matter (hopefully that should cover all the bases
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