Everyone who listens to music needs to READ THIS!

[musiclawyer]

14. As someone who writes, records, produces, publishes on my own

I can tell you that anyone with a sliver of talent, a brain, and limited financial resources can get a song on itunes and emusic etc. ( getting the song to play on all your devices is another topic) An artist does not need a record label anymore. But the consumer does need to pay for the song. Otherwise, not only is the record label getting screwed but also the indie artist ( such as me) who does not have the backing of a label.

When my daughter all on her own burned me a disc of her favorite artist, I liked it. But I looked at is as a free preview only. I went ahead and bought two other CDs released by the same artist. My little contribution to the cause.

If this young lady is not buying other songs from some of those artists whose songs she got free, she is part of the problem, not the solution.

Everything on my ipod is now something that was a gift, released for free by anm artist, I purchased or I recorded myself. Nothing downloaded illegallly.

Bottom line, if you get something pirated, and you like it, buy it. That's the only thing you can do at this juncture.