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Oximoron: "Not of quality commercial content."
Even the person with the number one album (Bob Dylan) acknowledges this.

Often there is much better stuff from Indies for free download.

Or speaking as a person with his own band, why not support you local musicians directly. Most sell CD's right after the show.

The biggest myth in the industry is that music piracy hurts the musician. Unless they produce thier own album the industry doesn't work this way.

The music industry hurts far more musicians and singers than it helps. If they can't market you they ignore you.

What this is really about isn't the recording industry vs the pirates, it is about major labels vs the artist realeasing their own material.

If they can make all downloaded songs require DRM then bands like mine will only be able market at our shows. We won't be able to put mp3's on our web site or on Indie sites.

Let's not let the recording industry hurt the average musician this way.
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To borrow a term I hate... LOL  superbus | 09/12/06
As if ....  ShadeTree | 09/12/06
You couldn't crack  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/12/06
I fail to seel the difficulty here  voska | 09/12/06
No, your talking about  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/12/06
I fail to see your point  voska | 09/12/06
If it were DRM free from the beginning  Boot_Agnostic | 09/12/06
There never would have been downloads  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/12/06
The DIVX part  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/12/06
Are you really that ignorant?  buran | 09/12/06
I'd say you have that backwards  voska | 09/12/06
REally???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/12/06
Apples DRM is easy to strip  voska | 09/12/06
Interesting argument  tic swayback | 09/13/06
What part of what I said  Boot_Agnostic | 09/12/06
Complete blather  tic swayback | 09/13/06
For someone with no axe to grind you seem to do a lot of grinding  slim-01 | 09/13/06
this should keep the Microsoft fanboys happy for awhile .  I'm Ye, the MS SHILL . | 09/12/06
I know I will  voska | 09/12/06
Anybody notice...  Spikey_Mike | 09/12/06
CLue train people, without DRM there are no downloads.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/12/06
So you're saying that everything without DRM is crap?  buran | 09/12/06
Not at all  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/12/06
Is Ray Charles in a garage band?  tic swayback | 09/13/06
Laughing all the way to the bank  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/12/06
Quality is in the eye  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/12/06
Matthew 7:1  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/12/06
Laughing all the way to the bank  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/12/06
There was downloads and swapping long before DRM.  B.O.F.H. | 09/12/06
True, there have always been scum thieves  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/06
But they do have to make it easy for me  voska | 09/13/06
theif and proud  shraven | 09/13/06
I believe that you claimed to be one of these scum thieves.  B.O.F.H. | 09/13/06
We can always count on you, Ax  gordon@... | 09/12/06
in what universe?  shraven | 09/13/06
Oximoron: "Not of quality commercial content."  slim-01 | 09/13/06
DRM could be the answer to your prayers  voska | 09/13/06
Oh please  mosborne | 09/13/06
Been there, done that  tic swayback | 09/13/06
Vive La Free Media!!  itanalyst | 09/12/06
Ummm, what part didn't understand.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/12/06
Including "revenue", perhaps?  Zogg | 09/13/06
Let them  voska | 09/13/06
No More  shraven | 09/13/06
So what about this is suprising?  George Mitchell | 09/12/06
I don't think they can afford to  ebrke | 09/13/06
Well they are pricing themselves right...  voska | 09/13/06
See the future of music, right here  tic swayback | 09/13/06
DRM is here to stay  mrjonno | 09/13/06
A few problems with your thinking  voska | 09/13/06
As a band leader I am against DRM, Downloads are good for us  slim-01 | 09/13/06
drm  awdupuis | 09/13/06

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