Comment on Sources to purchase mp3s?
Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 2 days agoBit of a stretch, but second-hand sales do influence the value of the CD and therefore increase its initial sale price (ie. CDs have extra value because they can be resold).
So buying used does indirectly increase profits, though of course the lion’s share of that is likely not going to the artist anyway.
non_burglar@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Sure, I can accept that.
I don’t particularly have an opinion on artist compensation vs listener freedom when it comes to this. Obviously, I would prefer artists were paid what they deserve, but I don’t like participating in the fallacy that the end user is ethically responsible for the bullshit music industry infrastructure not paying artists properly.
I give where I can, but I’m just some person.