Courtney Love Does the Math

A good article about the music industry, record companies, internet file-sharing, and the economics and distribution of music. If you're like me and you wonder which ways of purchasing music are actually good for the artist and the art, this might interest you. She seems to be saying something that I have come to believe: if the music is good, people will go to the source and pay for the original. If not, file sharing at least helps get it promoted to those who will go buy it. I can't tell you how many times I've found a free download and then went and bought the track from the artist later. This article adds to my resentment of record companies as nothing more than monopolistic distribution machines pushing inferior product in the name of profits and cross-marketing. Also, who knew Courtney Love was so smart?

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