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Re:Music industry is suing youtube-dl hosters by atoav on Friday January 14, 2022 @04:57AM (#29932554)
That's like finding users for your software before telling them why they would actually like to have it — nobody cares for your music before you release it unless your former albums have been real bangers.

No record label in existence would give you any money before you prooved to them somehow that you are able to do the music you want them to finance you for.

As a member of a band myself I don't care when people download our music, rather the opposite, I like it when people dig the music. And if they dig it enough, they will also buy a shirt, the vinyl, or something among those lines.

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Re:Music industry is suing youtube-dl hosters by nomel on Friday January 14, 2022 @01:42PM (#29938348)
> As a member of a band myself I don't care when people download our music

I think the difference between me and some others in this thread is, I think you have the right to make that choice. I think you also have the same right to say, "I put effort into this, and I want to limit its distribution to only those that compensated me for it".

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