Same could be said of a ripped copy, that it’s the same noise, but this way the artist is receiving something for their efforts and Shufflin gets his cd which makes him happy.
If we don’t support the artists there will be no new soul music simple as and that would be a crying shame, there still is a lot of good new music out there
In reality that’s not a lot when you factor in costs of artists time, talent, mastering, production, artwork etc. on a very small run.
Via iTunes etc. The artist would be lucky to get 50p out of a 99p download and 0.001p from streaming sites
Digital age has killed any chance of making a living as a singer/musician.
Even mega stars like Peter Frampton complaining about receiving only 0.001 cent from every play on Spotify etc.
You should officially be charged import tax if goods over USD15 I think it is.
Been done for this numerous times and you should factor in when buying. If you get away with not being charged happy days but should take it you will be charged to be in the safe side.
Plus of course the post office handling charges
This will also come in from EU when we Brexit