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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Recent developments in the government and RIAA's
fight against online music swapping have made me think seriously about using p2p
software. I like not having to pay the RIAA and it's large member
corporations for music, but not enough to face possible computer nuking or
lawsuits. (I realise that i'm a small fish in the much larger pond of p2p
kingpins such that it'd be a while before they got to me, but still...) I have
also felt bad about not supporting the artists themselves for the work they do
such that I still tend to buy CDs i really like. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This brings up the question of how to legally
purchase music (CD or download) such that the artist gets payed most of the
profit and the RIAA gets payed little or none. Online services such as Rhapsody
or Apple's new service make legal music downloading cheap and easy, but i'm sure
the RIAA is still getting most of the cut and the artist even less. The first
thought was to only buy Indie music, most of which is good and comparatively
inexpensive. However many of the bands/artists I like to listen to are signed by
major labels. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've stopped using Gnucleus and K-Lite for the
meantime, but havent' bought a CD in a month, either. The radio is sufficent for
now, and the CD's/MP3's I already have are good, but it gets old fast and ads on
the radio are annoying, plus they tend to play the same stuff over and over with
little new material. Any suggestions on how to legally aquire music without
feeding the already super-rich? </FONT></DIV>
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