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Re:Classic NES Series Anti-Emulation Measures by ajamesm on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @10:19PM (#13547828)
Run the Jewels just released their latest album entirely for free, and hit #1 in sales anyway, so
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Re:Classic NES Series Anti-Emulation Measures by Groxx on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @11:28PM (#13548114)
That a counterexample exists doesn't really impact the claim that "many" (though they imply "most" imo) do not work this way.
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Re:Classic NES Series Anti-Emulation Measures by qwertyuiop924 on Thursday February 02, 2017 @11:03AM (#13551468)
Indeed: Not everybody is the kind of person who pays for Jonathan Coulton's music instead of downloading it for free.
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Re:Classic NES Series Anti-Emulation Measures by eon1 on Thursday February 02, 2017 @07:36PM (#13556538)
RTJ also have an established brand - I can tell you 100% I only know of them because of their previous marketing, I've maybe heard one song. It's like how Radiohead did a pay-what-you-like for their album and it came out being viable, it only works because of their previous commercial success through more traditional routes. If they'd self-produced and made Pablo Honey PWYL they'd probably be unheard of.
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