"If I went around and distributed free copies of a CD, and I distributed a lot of them, there would be many people who had them. It would not make them good. Therefore, price can help. If I spent a lot to market something, a lot of people might buy it, even if it was dreadful. And if authority figures urged people to buy something, they might do so, once again even if they themselves thought it was dreadful, or found out it was dreadful after buying it. None of these forms of popularity makes anything good."

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Popular Definition:   [adj] (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
[adj] representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large; "democratic art forms"; "a democratic or popular movement"; "popular thought"; "popular science"; "popular fiction"
[adj] carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large; "the popular vote"; "popular representation"; "institutions of popular government"
[adj] comprehensible to the general public; "written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language"
[adj] regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public; "a popular tourist attraction"; "a popular girl"; "cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular"