Artist never made any real money from CD Sales. The majority of their money always came from touring. Phish for example sold bootleged copies of their music at concerts, and didn't have a problem of people copying their music. Every Phish fan knew if you wanted to support your artist, you visited him when artist(s) toured. The RIAA has controlled the distribution channel of music for too long. If P2P was allowed to "share" music, the only people losing money would be the labels, not the artists, as long as the artists toured.
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Artist never made any real money from CD Sales. The majority of their money always came from touring. Phish for example sold bootleged copies of their music at concerts, and didn't have a problem of people copying their music. Every Phish fan knew if you wanted to support your artist, you visited him when artist(s) toured. The RIAA has controlled the distribution channel of music for too long. If P2P was allowed to "share" music, the only people losing money would be the labels, not the artists, as long as the artists toured.