[pepper]

If I would not download Ayu album, I would never had chance to know her better than 2 songs on Kawaii CD (from manga magazine). We dont have Ayu albums in shops. Back then, shipping was very expensive. And it's still. When someone is putting Ayu album in my country on some shop/auction - the price is 3x higher than original one "because it's asian! it's from very very far away! IT'S A TREASURE!". Knowing Ayu (downloading) convinced me to BUY her albums. Now I have friend who buys a lot of things on shops and he always can add something for me and send me to my country.

Imagine there is no "download" feature. No internet. If I would be rich or just had a good parental situation (or good job) - I would buy music. But If I don't - I would buy a radio - and when if the situation was worst - I would not buy anything - I would buy food and clothes.

In fandom like this - "piracy" convice a lot of people to actually buy Ayu albums and even more - gadgets, dvd's etc. In "casual life" (casual guy who doesn't have an idol like this) it just works diffrent so there is no actual way to say is bad or good.