In a related vein of posessive ownership, I heard an argument against piracy, and how little is actually spent buying vs sharing. To the hard work and outpouring of soul that goes into a performance, it can seem to be met not with equal generosity but instead a sense of party crashers making short work of the table.

Herein lies the beauty of high volume and reaching a wide audience; those that do appreciate it (with financial proof, not just talk) are gems in the heard. It is worth spreading the music via P2P so that everyone can taste it, that those who will support the effort will get wind of it.

Here’s where a one-click to the artist’s Paypal account would be a valuable addition to P2P networking software.