It’s great for getting obscure reason refills...

On the front of downloading tracks.. I don't know.. Two powers are at force.
Techno=Free Underground Party
The World as we know it = Capitalism
2 are at odds. One will eventually win and things will have to change with it. Typically Capitalism would win this battle….. However, since Techno strives to fly below the radar of society, it does not have the capitalist powers on its side.

I think people are right in the “ Performance” side of things though. I mean even now, the real money in selling records comes from the gigs you get because your name is plastered on records. Dj’ing is high profit margin job when you play-out regularly. Producing techno tracks (because of the time and expense) is not. ...Thus techno will still survive. The model just needs to be refined. In fact the more your tracks are copied around the more exposure you are getting=more gigs. Unfortunately, that ****'s producers that do not perform outside their studio...

There is also the whole conversation to me had about how people are tired of paying $10+ dollars for a record with one good track. Downloading is too easily justified. Bring on the iTunes 99cents downloads to techno for Christ sakes!