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Old 11-11-2013, 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by michelej1 View Post
It would be important if the study broke down what was downloaded into categories. I mean, if we could prove that it was demos and boots that were the most downloaded, that would actually disprove Stevie's point.

We could show her that people don't bother stealing what is commercially available any more (like they used to in the Napster days, before ITunes made legal downloading simple). We could get Stevie in court and say to her that now people just download what they can't buy. If that case could be made, then that means they should put out more music and the excuse that "there's no need to record since they steal it anyway" would fly out the window.

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Which is what I assume is why the surviving Beatles release EVERYTHING these days. A live album from every tour, "deluxe versions" of albums including as bonus tracks probably most of the unreleased songs that were recorded during their sessions, DVDs of every tour, etc. Just to attempt to be one step ahead of bootleggers.
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