THE MONEYGOROUND

>>130572288
But the popularity of p2p services pushed the industry to adopt streaming services as the mainstream, and now most musicians make nothing out of music compared to the era of physical media

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>>130572408
>But the popularity of p2p services pushed the industry to adopt streaming services as the mainstream

Oh, fuck off, Lars. They just wanted to cut out the physical production/distribution costs.

>>130572465
So you think Napster was harmless? I'm not denying Metallica were retards for suing users, and piracy was always going to spread with the massification of the internet, but it doesn't deny the fact that it ultimately helped destroy physical media and turn everything cheap and digital

>>130572465
I doubt it, since it doesn't explain why the industry had to be dragged kicking and screaming for years to adjust to the internet age - and only after turning radio into an unlistenable wasteland and tanking their PR by suing people who sought alternatives.
The truth is that the label execs were just dinosaurs who had grown fat and happy off of CD sales and were too complacent to pivot again like they had done from vinyl/8-track to CD.

>>130572408
>pushed the industry to adopt streaming services as the mainstream
Yeah fuckin assholes. We could have free streaming and p2p websites and musicians would live off sales instead of sell their souls to corporate bullshit and making money for CEOs.

>>130572496
>that it ultimately helped destroy physical media and turn everything cheap and digital
It was just technologies evolution. But Napster didn't strip away the surplus of artists like Spotify, it was a mere distribution tool.

>>130572408
That's because of internet consolidation and centralisation in just a few megacorps.
There are a few big players and they have the market cornered. Artists don't have much leverage: they either take the rate on offer or they take their stuff elsewhere.