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Originally Posted by Sonic dB
On a smaller scale, I was reading an article by Janis Ian, a veteran folk artist...she supports the free downloading and file exchanges because it has brought more paying customers to her own website for downloads...she said in the article that she makes an extra few $thousand per month on this additional exposure / downloads.
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I do free downloads all the time. If I see a concert and like the material I find it, get to know it, and buy the CD that I like if not all of them. I also search out obscure material that I can't readily find. In most cases, if one were to peruse my downloads, they would see I also have store bought CDs from the same artists. I do feel I should pay for the talent, but after reading Gogar's post, I may have to rethink that seeing as evryone BUT the artist gets the money. That said, free downloading has payed dividends for recording labels as far as I'm concerned.