Quote Originally Posted by baptismo
i totally agree with you mate, i think it sucks that people can't see that if you're downloading/uploading tracks from an artist who is (like most in the underground techno scene, infact every scene that used to rely on vinyl sales) struggling to sell enough records to keep the labels and themselves afloat then
Ok, fair enough....

Quote Originally Posted by baptismo
you're CENSORED everything up for everyone else.
???? don't quite get what you mean...

Quote Originally Posted by baptismo
i don't know if i agree with the title of this post, i think probably music is meant to be free,
So, you think music is meant to be free?? and by saying that, completetly contradict what you said above.. Sorry for singleing you out here Baptismo, that's not intended, but this post demonstrates a lot of what I see here, check out the other threads on this forum and people are quite happily talking about what they downloaded here and there, then the moment a known Producer after noticing some of their new releases are up there before the vinyl has cooled from the pressing plant says something about it here, a lot of those people who were previously talking about DLing in a different thread all line up to take the moral high ground, it's blatent hypocracy.... I'm not saying this because I want to dig at people, it's just an observation..

anyhow, my own view:
Let's get real here, soulseek and things like that are not going to go away so I think you have to be realistic about it.. yes, it's damn annoying to see a load of your new shit up on a filesharing thing when you're finding it hard to even get the money back to cover the cost of the cut and press, but telling people on a forum not to do it is not going to do shit, you know? I presonally see it as a reality of the market place, and in the techno thing now, I think this puts emphasis on performance i.e. doing unforgettable live acts that you had to be there to see... see, that's something that can't be stolen, ok maybe you can get recordings floating about on the net, but if every live performance is different , then this means nothing anyway... You're right, this whole filesharing thing doesn't help matters right now, but it ain't gonna go away, and people who are really into the music will always buy the record..