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BMI Reports All-Time Profit High Despite Piracy

applemasker writes "Arstechnica is running a story chock full of links to other interesting things about BMI's amazing record profit and how the RIAA skews its sales statistics while strangling fair use." Phew, so the artists aren't really starving, but we still can't all go back to "borrowing" music from our friends instead of each purchasing our own copy.

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  1. Re:What BMI will say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Artists make most of their money from other sources...

    Blah blah blah rationalize rationalize rationalize. They still make some money from CD sales, and I don't see you sending part of your allowance from mommy to the artists you're still ripping off.

    Grow up.