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at the moment i'm precluded from "ownership" due to my home pc being busted.

i have a copy that a friend sent me out of the blue.

i only really listen to music in my car.

when my pc is up and running i will be able to buy the tunes.

i will only listen to them on a cd i burn for myself.

whilst in the past, even if i had a copy of an album i wanted on tape, i'd go out and buy it - there's an ownership issue here. now - i don't feel quite to inclined. there's not much extra bang for my buck, is there?

as an artistic experiment, i understand them wanting to do something different. as a commercial one, it seems flawed. yes, it's getting product out at a fantastic rate, without bullshit from record companies. but as far as how it's being received at our end, i'm worried. there's an element of "emperor's new clothes" about the round/square nature product up until now - but for the reasons that many people feel, i don't feel the same way about these tunes as i do about any of my uw cds. they're files. i've got no real emotional attachment to them. i got sent a copy of the files that is no worse than one i'd pay for - where's my motivation to buy if i can't even get into the shop, and even when i do, i come out with nothing new?