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The article dates from year 2000, and it is know this topic has a huge controversy around it for over the last 10 years. I recognise I was one of this million Napster's users, as I am actually from webs such as Ares or E-mule. I understand that by downloading songs and other material, record companies (and not the artist himself) loose a lot of money but, why isn't anyone wondering how legitimate it is to sell CD's for 20�? Or how can the internet help new (and not so new) artist to been known? Now I have the possibility of downloading a song for free, I listen to many artist for which I can end up buying tickets for a concert, for instance. If I had to pay for that music, I won't probably have done it, and so I (and as me, lots of people) wouldn't have ever bought a ticket or listening to the artist. I think it is a bit exaggerated and not fair for the whole community to perform this judgement on this issue. As I have said, there are other ways in which artist can earn money, as playing music at concerts. Moreover, as I have said, when albums are sold, the ones who earn the most are not the artist performing the material, but the record companies.