I think the download would have killed the record store either way. I mean, let's say for arguments sake that nobody illegally downloaded. It did not exist. But itunes and like services still exist... the record stores would still go out of business because a store selling a CD for 19.99 cannot compete with itunes selling the same thing for 9.99. Most people who buy the CDs just rip them onto their computer and put them on their mp3 player anyway. I also agree with Adrian, if people could not illegal download it does not mean they would buy the album. Most people download way more then they could ever afford.
Cher
"I have no advice for anybody; except to, you know, be awake enough to see where you are at any given time, and how that is beautiful, and has poetry inside. Even places you hate" -Jeff Buckley
"I have no advice for anybody; except to, you know, be awake enough to see where you are at any given time, and how that is beautiful, and has poetry inside. Even places you hate" -Jeff Buckley
