I would like to say my opinion about what’s happening nowadays. I don’t remember the last time I heard someone saying something like “I just bought a great CD from my favorite band”. Actually, my opinion is that the companies must stop trying to fight against that. We all know who is the winner in this battle. An old and smart phrase that I like is: “If you can’t win them join them”.
If you take a look at Google’s example you ask yourself: “How they’re probably the most valuable company in the world today with just 10 years of existing and having just free softwares?”. And the answer is: “Because they earn money with ads in the entire Internet, everyone knows their softwares and its quality and so big companies pay lots of money to them for great services. In less words, they know what you want to buy and they know who can sell such a thing”.
Last week I was having some beer at a bar and saw a guy giving one copy of his first album for each table and saying: “Feel free to make a copy for each one if you want”. I saw such a thing and thought myself that he’s a very smart guy. My friends who were with me listened to the CD and liked very much. Actually they will go if they know that it’s gonna be a show of this guy because they know they will enjoy. This example shows how a person can earn money in this scenario.
My opinion is that companies must follow those examples.
Well, just wanted to give my opinion and perhaps start a discussion on that. Comments are welcome. 
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That’s the point! You should cite big examples like Radiored that made their album available for the price you think it worth. It’s a different kind of business that should be considered.