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Originally Posted by oompa  thats entirely uncomparable. if you had to pick an album you wanted to listen to once and thats it - then fine, listen to one song and make a decision. i dont see any reason at all i should buy an album i havent listened through several times. what are they afraid of? that i will think it sucks? then they want to trick me into buying something i will think suck in a while = screw em.
and actually, on several real restaurants you can get away with not paying if you dont like the meal. really. and also, a meal you eat once. say you had to pick a restaurant you'd HAVE to eat at (and that one only) for the next 20 years of your life. want to make that decision based on tasting one dish they pick out? i wouldnt.
simple as this: if you believe its fair to try to trick people into buying an album they will find out is shit after a couple of spins = sure. ban the interweb. if you believe that you should be able to tell wether the album is good or not by actually listening to the whole of it a couple of times = allow the interweb.
movies do not have nearly the same replay value so it is not comparable (even if they can fool you in the same way. how many times haven't you watched a commercial for a comedy and when you see the movie the only two good jokes/scenes were the ones in the trailer..). a record has a potential of a thousand replays, you might enjoy it for 20 years or more, or the rest of your life. would you pick a wife to marry by looking at a picture of her feet? 
if they have nothing to hide, then i see no problem. if they do = screw em anyway. win-win situation, screw scams. and if you dig the album and dont buy it, then atleast they were fair and you are the asshole. |
Yeah but you wouldn't just go into even a small art gallery and take a painting off the wall and say "meh, I don't really like it but I'll take it anyway".
I mean I listened to "Bleed" and "Combustion" on YouTube last night and now I know I'm definitely buying obZen. That's also what online reviews and MySpace pages are for and while I accept that they can only tell you so much downloading at will is still
stealing and it hurts the artist just as much as the big businesses.
The only song I have EVER downloaded was Sit In The Mountain which is available for free download on HevyDevy.com and I only did that because I can't find the Christeen EP anywhere (or is it LP? I can never remember) and I have it on order from a metal music shop in Dublin city.