Reply To: Does this creative commons, free distribution thing mean “Buy the box set and set up a torrent”
The whole outrage behind filesharing comes from the following: What exactly are you selling?
If you are selling songs, then filesharing is horribly bad because people can get the songs for free. (Napsterrr baaaaad.) If you are selling concert tickets and t-shirts then giving away free mp3s or even copies of CD-singles is just another marketing tool.
There are many people out there who would not buy Jonathan's music, just as they would not buy any random new artist's music. However, some do buy his music. I think it's best that the music gets out there any way it can.
When I first found this site I downloaded all of the music I could, before the site disallowed that. Later I sent in what I could via PayPal, and then I bought CDs on CDBaby. I'm just happy to support an artist I enjoy.