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I don't like occuping my space with stuff... I'm not all into buying stuff and needing to place it somewhere and taking care of it, so, I love having material on digital format.
I don't mind downloading stuff... If the artist is relevant enough there will always be people interested in buying the releases. Still, albums, dvds and music makes the labels rich, not really the artists, so, I don't feel bad for downloading considering it's not like that would have a big impact on the artist bank account.
Still, j-pop artists in general, and a big amount of artists in most conservative countries in the world still fail to understand the full promotional power of internet and downloads on one's career. You can download all the music and dvd u want, but u can't download the experience of watching ur favorite artist live, and live is something that really gives an artist money... Here in Brazil we have a good amount of top artists who offer their material for free on internet and sell out 15, 20, 30 concerts dates per month easily.
Also, the popularity of an artist or of their music also translates into tie-ins, another way of making a good amount of money even if sales aren't that expressive.
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