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jackhammer · 02-25-2008, 11:40 AM

I agree with Urban to a certain extent. It would have been great to see Radiohead go the whole distance and release it themselves. They have the financial clout and it would hardly be a financial loss with their fan base.

I am hoping more bands will do this but make it more streamlined. The talk of being IP banned for illegally downloading music is a sore point. If bands offered a limited download at a low bit rate that was DRM protected, then maybe there would'nt be as much downloading. I download primarily to hear new music that I have never heard or to get rare back catalogue stuff. Many many times I have bought the album on hard copy if I like it and not downloaded to make money (which is what seems to be the gripe). If companies and bands gave the public a taster then maybe they could actually BOOST sales and not a loss.

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I agree with Urban to a certain extent. It would have been great to see Radiohead go the whole distance and release it themselves. They have the financial clout and it would hardly be a financial loss with their fan base. I am hoping more bands will do this but make it more streamlined. The talk of being IP banned for illegally downloading music is a sore point. If bands offered a limited download at a low bit rate that was DRM protected, then maybe there would'nt be as much downloading. I download primarily to hear new music that I have never heard or to get rare back catalogue stuff. Many many times I have bought the album on hard copy if I like it and not downloaded to make money (which is what seems to be the gripe). If companies and bands gave the public a taster then maybe they could actually BOOST sales and not a loss. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”