the book thing is valid especially if we take it like a album as i can quit legally photo copy part of that book say a chapter ( one song ) and keep it they even set up the photo copier up for you it may cost a little though not much but i still get to keep it permanently
plus staying with the book comparison i can get old books at greatly reduced prices and as a lot of the downloads out there are old its a good comparison but the industry seems to think all downloads should be cunted at the same very high value as new ones
as to trying to get as many as possible misses what is needed and i am not having a go at virgin untimely the music industry lets all their songs from all the different labels be accessed this just wont work
its not virgins fault but that's the way it is
as to radio head any one trying to go it alone will not succeed that goes just as much for those who though maybe well intentioned just give away their stuff separately from others in just the same way as tose charging for thier stuff ringfenced from all others will not succeed either
what i will have a go at virgin and any other company is the use of words that make it seem they have every thing or they are unlimited when they are not
as to me saying that its ok to copy music that's crap yep in a way i am as i bet that crap music lasts for a very little time on anyone's MP3 player they try it they don't like it they don't buy the cd
there will always be the collectors who collect just to collect but nothing will stop them any way and its good to have the odd eccentrics
and why do i say its ok because its the new radio i never paid to listen to records before i bought them when i was young i often heard the whole album on the radio many times before buying it, now loads of these kids just listen to their downloads instead to pick what they want and they are out there buying online more than ever before and still buying the cds
the music industry must start to see this as advertising and find ways to use it to their advantage rather than trying to criminalise a generation who wont care about what they think anyhow the idea that every downloads is lost cash must if they want to progress instead be see as another chance someone will buy
if i was them i would start chucking out even more stuff unfinished songs and ones that they didn't think should make the cd ect see what the buying public like!