Reply #203: also the "try before you buy" thing

[Djinn]

Albums cost a stupid amount of money in Australia, less than $1 per $30 CD goes to the artist, which even when the line was "but the record companies pay for their manufacture" seemed ridiculous to me. Certainly now it's obscene.

I've bought hundreds more CD's since downloading came in, mostly because I don't want to fork out $30 if I only like one or two songs. Trying for free makes me go out and BUY the CD.

I generally prefer smaller indie bands and can often download from their own website and pay them directly - no record company in sight. Long live the download I say.