Reasons why outlawing P2P isn't good for everyone: a musician speaks

I knew giving the album away for free would be a good idea, but still, I’m pretty much unknown, and here are 500 people willing to take a punt. Why the hell should they, even if it does cost nothing? What the experiment proved to me is that there’s a significant amount of passionate music fans congregating around these so-called illegal download sites who are actually willing to take a chance on new music.

— Christian Ward, Reasons why outlawing P2P isn't good for everyone: a musician speaks