didn't know that Oink was based in the UK/Holland tbh, thought it was a US company
on the idea of what this thread is turning into, probably the internet has helped me like more than 75% of the bands I like right now. If I don't buy their CDs (which is rare recently) I will go and see them on tour which means they will get the cash off me, even if I decided to see what their album was like beforehand.
Usually if it's a good album, I'll buy it anyway and if it's one of my favourite bands, I usually will just buy it to support them. The piracy issue is actually coming down to this sort of thing, you have people who will just go out and buy an album (for instance the X-Factor bunch/pop people etc) it will be rubbish mostly but that's how they get their money based on promotion/TV etc and then getting people to part with the money even though it's got one original track and 12 covers.
You have people who want to see what an album is like before buying as you do get a lot of bands who are making terrible albums but selling lots of copies on the idea that people just go for the name - if somebody listens to an album beforehand, I reckon if it's good you'd find them probably going out and buying the CD, then they will look for that artist's tour and go and see them generating more money
Although you do have people who just download stuff and don't have any intentions on paying for it, that's the ones the MPAA/BPI should be after in my opinion, probably most of the ones accused are just wanting to see what something is like before you buy, might not be what the companies want but it's human nature. Anything that is good, will sell by word of mouth though so when they start whinging about *artist* album not selling, it's usually because the album is actually quite poor
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