Aaron,

There is a difference between value and price. If someone counterfiets a million dollars, a dollar is still a dollar, but the value of a dollar, with those million extra dollars floating around, is reduced.

If I price my house at $150,000 but no one wants to buy it, then $150,000 is the price...but not the value.

When a million people steal a copy of a song, some percentage of those thefts are perpetrated by people who might have bought the song originally. Every one of those potential sales that do not occur are what reduces the value of the song, even though the price may, for a while, remain the same.

But that's ok, we're only songwriters and musicians, we can't expect to be paid for doing this. We're not supplying a necessity, like beer or potato chips. smile


You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way. -Johnny Cash

It's only music.
-niteshift

Mike Dunbar Music