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Story: Swapping doesn't hurt music sales - study

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To be honest I downloaded a whole load of music in the good old audiogalaxy days, when you could get what you wanted easily. I would like to salute the site for putting me in contact with alternative music I never knew the name of. And thats it, music is great if you know what you like, the record companies peddle stuff life boyzone, pop idle and crap, i repeat crap like that. So i have not qualms of ripping them off, they continiously bombarded me with this stuff, record shops still dont have much apex twin so i have to go online to get it.

And its not like artists a missing out, just ask mick hucknell (simply red) and george micheal why they've gone indipendant. No, record companies are there for the people who buy whats advertised, online i can search in my boxers and not be intimidated by the shop and its clientele.

Who heard of Zero 7 before downloads were widespread, now its background music to gardening programms. I am the type of person to turn their nose up at 'Th Hulk' in favour of The Girl With The Pearl Earing, I like alternative stuff and the record companies were never there for me.

Now I listen to bbc radio mixes, available for seven days after they have been broadcast, and the D'n'B ones are ace. I do not rip off movies, but i will rarely buy a cd unless i want the case.

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