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		solnyshok on June 24, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Song Got Played On Pandora 1 Million Times and ... this reminded me of a guy who downloaded an audio book at piratebay, enjoyed it and then searched for it on amazon, to see what other books people bought with it. then downloaded those at shady sites too. but then, he usually donates to authors of software that he uses (e.g. Libre Office). Maybe we need an easier donation model for music. one that gives 99% of the money to the author/perfotmer

Samuel_Michon on June 24, 2013 [–]

> an easier donation model for music. one that gives 99% of the money to the author/perfotmer

So it’s fine for record companies and distributors to get stiffed? Hosting, payment processing, and marketing are not free.

nasmorn on June 25, 2013 | [–]

Actually On pirate bay the hosting is payed for by hirls in my srea that would like to mert me.

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