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# MTT: Why Fans Are File-Sharing Your Music
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/mtt-why-fans-are-file-sharing-your-music/
- Published: 2010-10-11T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-10-11T10:00:00.000Z
- Description: To continue the discussion on file-sharing, Kyle Bylin has written a post on 4 reasons why fans are file-sharing that can’t be changed. He brings up the point of Decision. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/10/mtt-why-fans-are-file-sharing-your-music.html]
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To continue the discussion on file-sharing, **Kyle Bylin** has written a post on 4 reasons why fans are file-sharing that *can’t* be changed. He brings up the point of Decision Paralysis. Fans are faced with even more choices than ever and end up file-sharing music to cope with the paralysis. Fans also file-share when they feel cheated because an album was overpriced or did not live up to their heightened expectations.

"**Traditional music consumption systems and tech encouraged** certain conduct, such as the gradual development of musical tastes and the act of **collecting music in the physical form**—both of which the record industry profited handsomely from. A new age brings new systems, technologies, and behaviors, to think **fans and business models** are frozen in time—untouched by these changes—is a fool’s errand." ([Read on](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/4-reasons-why-fans-are-file-sharing-your-music-and-why-they.html?ref=hypebot.com).) 

—*Written by *Natalie Cheng*, MTT intern.*