Downloading

Had an interview Friday, with an A&R in Stockholm. We started talking about downloading and their company’s view of it all. He told me something that has stayed with me during the weekend. That the effects of downloading has affected Sweden more than most countries (we're one of the top countries where sales have plummeted, not just dropped). In other places in the world, you don't have to look further than to our neighbors, illegal downloading hasn't taken that big of proportion as it has here. They accept that paying for music is legal whereas doing the opposite is not. And they live by it. Do you think it's true? And why do we, as Swedes, view music as free?

The difference in attitude is astounding.