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Re:Demonoid Busted As A Gift To The United States Government by tsahyt on Monday August 06, 2012 @12:52PM (#4345950)
That sort of business model is not for everyone though. I'm perfectly fine with paying per album as long as the album is actually mine after purchase without any limitations on what to do with it. Period. I'd even rather have that than a "flatrate".

What I'll be "finest" with though is paying the artist directly, even at the same rate. I have no interest whatsoever in sponsoring the music industry, as in corporations. I want the artist to receive my money, not some manager, business executive or whatever, because the product I'm interested in is the music itself, not it's promotion.

Morally speaking I'd rather pirate and then paypal some money to the artist to support the good work.

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Re:Demonoid Busted As A Gift To The United States Government by thronemonkey on Monday August 06, 2012 @04:20PM (#4347064)
I agree completely, so I try to buy music on bandcamp as much as possible. I basically see it as a donation to the artist and to a service (bandcamp) which I think does a good thing.
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