SOPA protects the middleman - publisher/distributors of artist's content
in doing so artists receive a fraction of the $$$ --- bulk goes to the multinational middleman (Apple)
Artists need to sell directly to consumers - still getting pennys per sale yet with prices so low
piracy would be less of an issue - people would pay pennys legally
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SOPA protects the middleman - publisher/distributors of artist's content in doing so artists receive a fraction of the $$$ --- bulk goes to the multinational middleman (Apple) Artists need to sell directly to consumers - still getting pennys per sale yet with prices so low piracy would be less of an issue - people would pay pennys legally