Internet.. P2P.. A saviour or a killer?

Man Made God wrote: Well, to me it is absolutely a saviour. I've learned about a lot of good bands through the internet, and bought cd's online which I wouldn't know without the internet. Heck, I even download a lot of music just to see if it is any good, so I don't buy any crappy albums! There are a lot of (legal) internetsites where you can listen to cd's but not download them. I don't really see the difference as long as you support the artists by buying the original cd's!

I think you've hit on the nub of the problem there. A lot of people will just download a load of music and the artist will never see a penny of it. I too have discovered a load of bands via the Internet that I never would have heard of otherwise and have been buying their CDs, but not everybody does this.

Well, to me it is absolutely a saviour.
I've learned about a lot of good bands through the internet, and bought cd's online which I wouldn't know without the internet.

Heck, I even download a lot of music just to see if it is any good, so I don't buy any crappy albums! There are a lot of (legal) internetsites where you can listen to cd's but not download them. I don't really see the difference as long as you support the artists by buying the original cd's!