P2P increases music sales

Before i used P2P didnt buy music cds at all i just borrowed ones off me friends, mainly cause i cudnt afford them and i wasnt choosy, but now i download a tune, if i like it i go and i delete the download and buy the single/album. if i dont i delete anyway. try before u buy! sounds better on cd most of the time anyway.

I'm almost certain that the same study would apply to movies as well. I buy way much more DVD movies if I've seen the movie previously -- as I don't have a chance to get out too often to go to actual movie theatre (being a dad to a small kid and living in different country where you don't have your mom / pop / friendsto look after your kid every now and then), I prefer to screen the movies that I d/l and if I like the movie, I buy it on DVD.

I counted that I´ve bought about 6 albums because of music I´ve dowloaded from P2P-services. And I´m a guy that don´t buy alot of CDs. Many artists only have a few good tracks on their album, most of which is never released as a sinle. Is it so bad to download the track/s? And who wants to listen to a record with one or two tracks anyway? CDNOW.com has a service which lets you listen to about 30 seconds of each track. I would much rather listen to the whole song then just the best part. Most of the worlds internet-users are still restricted to a modem(56K). It´s not too snappy to download every song on an album. You pay almost as much for dowloading as you would for the album. Yes, broadband connections provide a new threat, but a CD is more then just the music. Cover art, greatings from the artist/band... I would much rather buy the CD then download the tracks and then stick them on a CD-R. In my oppinion CDs cost too much. I saw a TV-program a few yeras back which estimated that counting the all-around costs, CDs shouldn´t still cost 20 €. And what is more important, music or making money of it? When speaking about pop(Britney Spears, Nsync...), I think the answer is pretty clear. But that just my oppinion.

as a musician first and video guy second.i would love to hear our music in everybodys car and not have 1 dollar..also i read somewhere that before napster closed,cd sales were up very high and after they closed sales went way down...p2p programs are starting to get scarce. i know the ones that are available, but certain others become popular and the other ones seem to fade away.