You’re also helping that content survive. If it ever goes away, you actually have real copies on physical hardware.
This is a big deal for super niche artists. I have a few songs that probably don’t exist many other places and are almost entirely lost to time except for piracy.
Yes. And bootlegs! I have some mixes that are just not legitimate and never will be, so the art can’t really exist in a legally-safe form. It still has value despite that.
You’re also helping that content survive. If it ever goes away, you actually have real copies on physical hardware.
This is a big deal for super niche artists. I have a few songs that probably don’t exist many other places and are almost entirely lost to time except for piracy.
So many unofficial live albums
Yes. And bootlegs! I have some mixes that are just not legitimate and never will be, so the art can’t really exist in a legally-safe form. It still has value despite that.