Burdokva said:

Mithrandir said:

Besides, I wouldn't underestimate the market, surely they'll find someway to solve this "piracy" problem and keep making money.

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Don't know, perhaps I'm giving my point from a very parcialized place, our market is not as extense as yours; bands here rarely have "merchandising". What's more, it's common between musicians to measure their success by "being" (appearing in) a sticker, a t-shirt; a student bag, etc, but while they're in the underground time of their careers, no one pays for copyright, or commercial name rights, and at some point, they're ok with that if it leads them to a path of success and an increase in public recognition. Not that here people are not jealous at all of their own production, but it seems to be that they're less than in other lands.

I highly doubt the first part of your statement. I don't know where you live, but I know the problems of a small market, because I live in a small country.

When I say market, I mean market-economy, aka capistalism.

I live in Argentina, by the way, which has a rather small market too.