Independent music store owners say the reason for their continued survival in a digital music world comes from people wanting a master copy of their music that they can physically hold, outside of a “cloud” and is truly owned, not “rented,” by the purchaser-As is the case with Apple or Amazon and other download services who may “sell” music but legally can only “rent” it to customers, acting only as the middleman between customers and record labels. Three years later, however, some local independently owned mom and pop record stores are experiencing a revival of sorts, even as electronic music sales continue skyrocketing. When the last Virgin Megastore in New York City closed its doors in 2009, many New Yorkers despaired over the death of the dinosaur that was physical music retail.
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