Apparently songs are worth $9250 each...Dumb Jury

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you seriously don't understand how stealing music hurts record companies? you seriously don't understand how the 20% drop in record sales resulting from illegal downloading, hurts record companies??

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Artists who are truly artists can tour to show off their legitimate talent and make plenty bank.

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Are you insane? What percentage of musicians do you believe could survive just by touring? 0.00001%??

Seriously, I think you should re-evaluate that opinion after taking a look at the economics of the music business.

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If there is the capability for free information exchange, it's going to happen - the recording industry and artists need to go ahead and accept that and make the best of their situation. This fight is futile.

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If you don't allow artists to profit from the fruits of their labor, many if not most of them will stop producing new music. You can take it to the bank.

Anyone who truly loves music and creativity--and who wants more of it in the future--should understand that protecting artists' intellectual property is the best thing we can do.

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DrewDevil,

I just wanted to comment on you blasting FFK about her comment on bands making a living touring. You seem to think record sales are the bread and butter of low to mid success srtists. I was an events director for a mid-sized university for 3 years. We were constantly booked these type of acts in coordination with student activites. Most of these "starving artists" cost between 4 to 6K for a 2 hour gig including hotel and meals. Now admittedly I'm not familiar with how much they're making selling CDs, but I find it hard believe it beats their show revenues.