Eric_Jarvis - 7:52 pm on Nov 26, 2002 (gmt 0)

all these arguments seem to be based on the idea that there is a one size fits all recording artist/deal/label

it doesn't work like that...music piracy doesn't hit the big labels all that hard...it doesn't hit the big acts all that hard...the people it hurts are the bands that are marginally profitable for a record label who have now been dropped and can only record if they can raise enough money themselvesm and who are now reliant on luck for distrivution...and the listener who is losing the opportunity to hear those bands

if you want a music industry that consists only of repackaged nostalgia, manufactured soulless pap, and the occasional home produced and hard to find gem, then go ahead download away

there will be massive changes in the music business over the next few years due to the changes in technology...but file sharing isn't driving that, it's simply making it more difficult for anyone with genuine talent to be involved in the process