In response to our post on EMusic and Frank Black, Scott Rosenberg has some very telling thoughts that I would think the record biz would be encouraged to hear:

I subscribe to EMusic's service. I also just bought those two CDs at Amoeba here in Berkeley. Now, theoretically, I should be upset, right? I just paid about $28 for music that I could have downloaded, legally, as part of an online service I already pay for. But guess what? I'm not upset. I'd have bought these CDs anyway. I'm a Frank Black fan, I buy all his CDs, and that's that.

The point here is simple: Some music you want to own. Other music you just want to try out, sample, see whether you want to own it....