Does P2P Piracy Actually Help the Music Industry?

[Jorge]

With radio using file-sharing stats to develop playlists, people are able to hear music they may actually want to buy.
<p>Seemingly lost in the whole file-sharing debate is how listening to quality new music actually drives consumers to go out and make actual purchases of physical CDs and digital music. </p>
<p>Tired of being force fed stodgy, stale radio conglomerate playlists based on record industry "research" or MTV's TRL nonsense, some radio stations have taken to playing music playlists based on the tastes of the most avid of music listeners - file-sharers. </p>
<p>We've all can agree
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[drtoker]

you wont buy it if you dont like it. You dont know if you like it till you hear it. If the radio doesnt play it, how are you supposed to hear it?

It doesn't always add up like that, for instance, when I find a good song I like, but the other 14 songs on the CD suck, I still wont buy the cd. It all comes down to content and publicity, if the content is there, p2p will make the publicity to generate sales.

[Excrement_Cranium]

We've all can agree?

Uh...

[Rocker19]

I have found so many of my fav band via downloading......Where I would never have bought the CD to just "check them out". So in return I have found more bands I like, bought more CD's and attended more concerts.