BigBir3d's Journal: Music industry shoots self in foot again

The survey also found that the number pirated compact discs acquired by Internet users has doubled from a year ago. Asked when they hear a song they like by an unfamiliar artist, 20 percent of the respondents said they would download the song for free, while 14 percent said they would buy the album.

This is from this story on Yahoo!

34% of people in survey were willing to get the new music. Maybe people are starting to think it is all the same, and what is the point of buying the same thing again, with someone else getting "credit" for their "hard work."