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I think Hugo hit the nail on the spot actually! You know, as much as I like people liking our music and so on, this is in fact what we're trying to make a living from, so NO from me, thanks anyway.

Rikard Sjöblom - Beardfish

what can i say, just a noob f*cking it up on the web xP

i have it lawra. I think blogs are cool and i have known about many bands because of those sites.

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By the way, don't tell about your piracy in band forums.

OK - Here's the deal. I (and I can only speak for me personally) have (and had) no problem with sharing my/our music in blogs or on filesharing sites or whatever in the form that it's intended for, so people can discover it, and later they can make a choice if they like it and want to buy our music or not. But the fact is that most people who download music illegally have no intention whatsoever to buy it on a cd, as mp3's from itunes or something later on, and why would they? They already have it... That's why I no longer encourage it (unless when I put stuff out there myself, and I do, believe me!) and I can't understand why we need another place where people can take our music and give nothing in return?

I love that people can find new music easily on the internet and that it's very accessible - but you gotta give something back to the artist! And the fact is that most people these days think it's OK to just take it, which in the long run is gonna take away a whole lotta good stuff that no longer has any funding.

Progheads in general are very good at supporting the musicians by buying merchandise and so on, and I hope it'll stay that way!

I'm done with this thread now, I think. Or hope. (Probably not though)

Rikard has requested that this topic be re-opened so that the band can put their views across.

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Downloading music is awesome cause lets face it I never would have bought the 3 beardfish albums I have had I not pirated them and listened first