Thrown Down - the song

[chriskisn]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Well no, because the band aren't losing money by us trading a bootleg (given that the vast majority of people who collect bootlegs have all the commercially available material anyway). But if I posted Say You Will on this board the band would probably lose quite a few sales but if I posted a bootleg of a concert the only person losing a sale would be somebody illegally selling it. IMO anyway.

Yes this is true, except that it is fair to say that Stevie (etc) would be against the distribution of demos that were never intended to be heard. Believe me I've had the lecture from Ginny Kamano on this issue (remember her?).

It is quite interesting that any google search will find you pretty much every FM album ever released available for illegal download. Which makes you think that people will still buy legitimate copies regardless of whether they have or can obtain illegal ones.

Sometimes it is just a good way to either introduce someone to a song or album. Sure, I agree that you shouldn't just post up a link so that everyone can download the album, but I don't believe it hurts to share a little with someone in the interests of promoting the band and its music.