Good Wired News piece on the kinds of mom-and-pop record stores that benefit from file-sharing, treating it as promotions for their hand-sold, campus-cred merchandise.
"The file sharing, the Internet — just makes them music junkies," Wiley said.
Paul Epstein, owner of Twist & Shout, a store in Denver, agreed that piracy has helped his bottom line. He said it's like radio, another form of promotion that spurs sales.
"File sharing is a danger, but it really turns a lot of kids on to music," he said.
