Although it may be difficult to stop people 'stealing' music online, ,spending money on your music - whether you buy a CD in store or download a file onto your MP3 player - is the right thing to do.
But why? Well, there are several reasons why people need to pay for the music they download:
. It is the main way that smaller, non-touring artists make money. Most musicians make no money from gigs when they start out. Selling their music online is one new way that ,unsigned bands and indie musicians can make some money from their art. As for signed bands, music sales are still a major source of income. Quite simply, through paying for your music you are supporting the music industry, which without your cash may have a very grim future.
. Making music costs money. Buying the equipment that is needed to make a record is expensive. Instruments, computers, software, studio time, studio staff all cost money and selling music online helps bands and musicians to recoup some of these outgoings and ultimately make more music.
. Buying independently produced music online genuinely helps to boost the industry and can help change the way music works in terms of profits being swallowed up by major record labels. If you want to support indie music and unsigned bands then look for your music online and download tracks on sites like Sounds2Buy.com, which returns proceeds to the bands themselves.
. Some musicians feel that they need to give their music away for free online in order to get people to listen to their work. However, there are now sites that allow musicians to upload their tracks and sell them to music fans who agree that effort and talent should not go unappreciated.
. If all this was not enough to convince you, let's take a look at copyright law. This legislation exists to protect artists from having their work stolen or copied. It is necessary to ensure that when someone produces a piece of creative work, they know it is theirs and that, unless they are happy to give it away for free, audiences must pay to own the work themselves.
It's important to think how you would feel if you had created a piece of music you were proud of. You would probably want it protected and you would consider it right that someone else should pay to own your work for their personal enjoyment. Download music without paying and you become a music pirate who could be heavily fined for your crime.
Real music fans need to consider the wider industry when downloading tunes. Pay for what you download and help the Next Big Thing to become just that.
When you download a music next time, don't think about yourself only, but think about the person that made it.
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