Any artist in 2010 who thinks their music is so holy that it cant be streamed at 128 on youtube because of copyright issues needs their head looking at

Give me the name of any artists release in the last 6 months and I'll point you to a free download link - theres nothing to be gained by stopping people streaming your music at low quality on youtube when as Rich says above the WAV or 320 is all over the net - Its promo, put it down to marketing.

Not being funny but the guy in question makes Techno, hardly the most desirable form of music these days or any days for that matter. I can kind of get my head around popular music artists hitting out against piracy because of the massive loss of revenue they can suffer but a spotty kid streaming shit quality techno to his mates on built in laptop speakers? - Man up FFS

Techno's target audience is among the most technologicaly savvy demographic in the population, if people dont want to pay for your music they will find a 320 or WAV with only the most minimal of poking around. I know I do.

Artists I respect or admire or just plain like their music or style - I pay for their shit