The Ethics of Stream Rips

[ThingInABook]

i would love to buy the EP, i'm still a record buyer and, even if i download albums/tracks, i still purchase 70-90% of what i've downloaded. however, the itunes regional restriction is one of the things preventing me from getting exclusives and streams and that's extremely maddening.

i do have a partial bootleg from the roundhouse gig, but reading about rick mastering the EP in today's blog entry, made me want the official recording.

if u/w has an online portal like their website, they should release these things like they did with the riveruns. some people, like casual listeners, go to itunes, because it's just like a supermarket. in my personal case, i go directly to the source, that being the official website.