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The problem with file sharing like this (IMO) is that even though it may be a drop in the bucket to a huge company smaller artists, who can now self publish effectively, can see a huge loss. Also if the RIAA doesn't start protecting its material they could find themselves hurt later on as a "past practice" sort of thing. Lastly file sharing costs people like me, those who actually buy things, more money."
Perhaps you should start thinking of new revenue streams. Illegal downloading will never, ever, stop. Ever. It's always been there too, this is not a new thing.
Instead, why don't you make it easy for people to download songs for a small fee. Amazon.com's bucking the trend and has a drm free mp3 store with a lot of music. I think it's a good step forward.
But there will still be people out there who will steal it, and you will never stop it.
Why not offer something for them? Maybe a 30 second ad and they can have the song for free. No one's going to spend the time figuring out a way around that, when they can legally have a song and only have to listen to an ad to get it.
Quite frankly, 99 cents a song is simply too much for a lot of people. And many of those people who can't afford it will always steal it.
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