you just described the entire idm genre
Peter
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>From: idm-digest-help@hyperreal.org
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: idm Digest 12 Mar 2003 00:17:39 -0000 Issue 2090
>Date: Tue, Mar 11, 2003, 7:17 PMquoted 14 lines say your favorite artist is autechre. they do some innovative and =
> say your favorite artist is autechre. they do some innovative and =
> exciting music. they sell it and you buy it.
> then say, a whole bunch of artists come along and start making music =
> that sounds a whole lot like autechre.
> like, almost identical. but they give it away. and, well, everybody =
> stops listening to autechre, and starts
> listening to these other artists.
>
> are the people listening to these new artists stealing autechre?
>
> no autechre cds are lost, themselves or their company aren't loosing =
> product.
> but, people aren't buying it any more. and people are, basically, =
> listening to autechre at home, for free.