if someone hands you a CD, it's a gift. the music was not a gift to that person. they paid for it. but where does that stop? how many people can the original purchaser pass the content along to before it becomes stealing? and when does it become detrimental to a band? at some point, they need you to do exactly what is now looked at as the bane of the music world. "please pass our crappy song along to everyone you know" that's fine, but no one should be expected to pay for that. "Satan's Noah: Live this Saturday! please email this to everyone you've ever heard of. and if not, don't worry - we'll flood your inbox with this sort of marketing everyday regardless of whether or not you're going to attend the show. also, here's a link to our myspace and facebook and youtube pages where you can hear our music for free." "definitely. Satan's Noah - absolutely. i'll be there. love how you guys do business. the ads at the beginning of your videos got a little excessive ...especially since each video only has about 300 views, and i don't need car insurance. but once i made it into the actual video, i'm sold. you guys are artists. you're doing this for the sake of creating and making art. and that's apparent. i'm happy to help support that. heard some people were illegally downloading "pure heaven" and that's rubbish. that song is too good for people to have for free. i'm going to see what i can do about getting them arrested as thieves. i don't blame you at all for selling the info for your mailing list. i don't mind getting all that spam. you guys are artists. how else are you going to make ends meet?? can't wait for the show. i'm psyched! (ps. sorry you didn't win that contest to be the next credit report band)