But in the cases where people were downloading four or five or six songs from one work, 10 times out of 10 that album became a big seller at traditional retail. People still sometimes see the CD as a good investment.
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Unlike downloading a Hollywood film, which I think everyone intuitively knows is a clear violation of the copyright, people do not have that sharp line, that distinction, in their minds when they download free TV.
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If consumers feel it meets the standard of P2P, they'll be willing to try it, ... Otherwise, they won't care.
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There's always going to be a need for gatekeepers who perform the service that record labels do now. Otherwise, it's just noise, pure cacophony. Most people who are not AR (Artist Repertoire) executives don't want to sort through tens of thousands of contenders to find 50 things that sound great.
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I think this just opens more doors and asks more questions than it answers, ... We're going to see a whole of litigation because there's still no clear standard.
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