The recording industry may protest, but some owners of independent music stores say file trading is good for business. Katie Dean reports from the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas. [Wired News]
Take Hoodlums Music, located on the Arizona State University campus, which opened during the heyday of Napster. One might think Net-savvy students would ignore the shop in favor of free downloads.
“It’s a myth,” said Steve Wiley, co-owner of the store. “We see them wanting to buy music.”
High prices, rather than file sharing, are what usually stop a kid from buying a CD, Wiley said.