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I don't care about most mainstream bands. I want their money-bags to shrivel, if only just so there is a slightly lesser chance of their music surviving past the amount of time I've managed to keep it out of my ears. I don't download music from big record labels.
But still, take U2, a huge band who has been around for decades. The Cure, also. What does it matter if a fraction of their potential buyers download their newest album? Are they gonna starve, from the measly few cents of profit they would have gotten from each CD? No, it's just the record company who starts shaking in their pants because then maybe they won't be able to afford those promotional ashtrays for their new shitty boyband or whatever. The music industry is fucking corrupt, and I wouldn't pee on those A&R guys if they were on fire. They don't care about music, only the pimping aspect of it.
What I am talking about is: As an incurable music nerd, I am first and foremost interested in procuring strange and hard-to-get music. Now maybe this goes over your head, but if I want a copy of the only cassette demo of some old Russian black metal band, or a hardcore record from 1995 that was only released on brown vinyl, in 3000 copies - no fucking law is going to stop me. And I'll certainly not pay 400$ or whatever on Ebay. I often buy records after downloading them, if it's at all possible to get them. Unfortunately, Norway is not exactly flush with independent record stores, so...
Your arguments, ED, obviously doesn't come from the perspective of a music lover.
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