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Re:US entertainment industry to Congress: make it legal for ... by cheald on Monday May 27, 2013 @05:40PM (#5776742)
But people don't listen to music to benefit the artists (even when they purchase a CD or whatever) -- they do it for themselves.

Artists make the vast majority of their money on tour, which is more or less unrelated to the choice of distribution channel, except that a more prolific channel results in more people attending a show.

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Re:US entertainment industry to Congress: make it legal for ... by thirdsun on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @12:59AM (#5778169)
That point is brought up often, but don't forget that while touring might work for your average indie rockband, it's not as easy for obscure ambient, experimental musicians. Music that is primarily intended for home listening is a lot harder to sell as live performance.

Again, I don't intend to offend the users of those services - just saying that Spotify, rdio and co. alone won't work for many artists.

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