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Music file-sharing: An artist's perspective

I read Brandon Caylor's article, and while I respect their view on file-sharing, I have to point out that bands like Metallica (which is a phenomenal talent) are somehow reduced by having their music freely available. I saw them in concert, and would absolutely expect to pay for their music. People go out specifically to buy their CD's and other merchandise - and then the band's exhaustive efforts are rewarded. There are always going to be people copying their friends tapes/CD's, and some merchandise will sell underground - however, having music available for free on such a large scale as it was on napster, for instance, is not such a great thing for famous names - whereas, for an up-and-coming band that needs to get their music out there, is something of a different story. Imagine if everyone could get 'New York Time's' best seller books for free.

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