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Originally posted by TankGirl
Dedicated fans would also surely be willing to pay for personalized deluxe album editions from their favorite artists even if they could get the public content from p2p networks for free. If signed albums sound too old-fashioned just think about a personalized video clip attached to the album where the artist dedicates the album to you. Here again we have the idea of a real performance - even if a brief one - as a basis for payment.
- tg 
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this is a point that's becoming more and more relevent tg, the entire issue of "value added" copies remains unexplored on the whole but could present a real opportunity for artists to regain some of the potentially lost income that may occur in a p2p world.
this can of course "include" the record company but will probably ignore it ultimately.
it can't be repeated enough: the content creators have nothing to fear from the internet. it provides more opportunities than it eliminates. it's another matter for the distributers. unless the courts grant them a unique and enforcable monopoly on distribution - a possibility - it'll soon be over for them unless they quickly evolve.
- js.