owner of independent music label Kama Records, Izhevsk

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"Are Russians ready to buy music instead of downloading it for free? No, they are not ready and will never be ready. This is not so much an economic issue as a moral one — disrespect for intellectual work. If 90% of Russians are sure that it is possible to declare part of a foreign country's territory as their own, then what can we say about some music? Blocking torrent trackers in this case will have no effect — he who seeks will always find. As for musicians — it may be useful for an artist to be hungry sometimes, but not all the time. If they cannot make money from music on the Internet, they can always pick up their instruments and start collecting money through concert activities."

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Vadim
Ulyankin
producer of the indie label "Geometry"
"Our releases are presented in "digital stores", but this is more an act of education list of egypt cell phone numbers and/or advertising than a business. As a consumer and experienced music lover, I buy "digital" releases only if they are not on media and if I am sure that the money goes to the author with minimal losses - iTunes, for example, is not an option. I believe that Russians, in principle, prefer freebies always and everywhere, but I am not ready to condemn them for this, including because state regulation in our country is effectively aimed only at taking money from the population directly or indirectly, it does not pursue any other goals"

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Vladimir Putin at the Internet Economy forum
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