File Trading Is Good For The Music Industry
from the we've-heard-this-before dept
Well, lots of us have been saying this for a while, but here's a good article from Wharton quoting a bunch of people basically saying that the music industry is being stupid in trying to stop music sharing online. As they point out, online music tracks are advertising. It's a promotional vehicle, and the more buzz an artist gets, the more you sell. The music industry, of course, vehemently disagrees, but that's because they're too lazy to realize it's about time they changed their business model.
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