soviel zum "Lieblingsband unterstützen"
"Much of the stated concern over file sharing has centered on the revenue that record companies and musicians are losing, but few musicians ever actually receive royalties from their record sales on major labels, which managers say have accounting practices that are badly in need of review. (Artists do not receive royalties for a CD until the record company has earned back the money it has spent on them.)

Even the Backstreet Boys, one of the best-selling acts of the 1990's, did not appear to have received any CD royalties, their management said.

"I don't have sympathy for the record companies," said Mickey Melchiondo of the rock duo Ween. "They haven't been paying me royalties anyway."

Musicians tend to make more money from sales of concert tickets and merchandise than from CD sales. In fact, many musicians offer free downloads of their songs on their Web sites to market themselves.

Quelle: NewYork Times

Ich ersteiger fast meine ganzen Musikcds bei Ebay oder such mir was günstiges gebrauchtes bei amazon. Ich hab absolut keine Lust 20 euro oder mehr für eine kleine CD mit 12 Liederchen zu zahlen. Meistens saug ich mir zuvor alles mal aus dem Internet und wenn was bei ist, dass mich fesselt, dann schau ich mal bei ebay oder amazon vorbei.