@isthisLOL: +1
If I had a service that let me listen to her music, and I never had to download, omg, I'd be in heaven. I'd never download anything ever again.
And one that wasnt itunes, cause, gross.
I'm lazy. I dont want to have to download stuff. Why would I want to use up my HD space? And lend my bandwidth? And personally, I have a lot of Ayu CDs and merchandise, and I really want to collect everything one day. I believe in buying because I want it and I love Ayu.
I only believe in this moral of "supporting the artist", when I know their sales are actually supporting
them. So lately, when I've bought jpop stuff, it was for people like MAA, Mademoiselle Yulia, hiromi, emi hinouchi, etc. People who actually need sales
And please don't think that I'm telling myself this to make me feel better about "stealing". I really don't care. I don't think it's stealing, I don't think it's hurting artists like Ayu, and I don't feel bad about it.
I do think there are some artists it does hurt though. But, well, welcome to the real world. This is what the industry looks like now. Adapt, or die. And a lot of new artists are taking advantage, and imo it's great, because they reach more people than a physical CD and radio plays ever could.