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throw0101d 6 hours ago

> Lots of artists make more money from touring and merchandise than from record sales, and piracy is likely to boost those.

Reminder of the recent "The truth that haunts the Ramones: 'They sold more T-shirts than records'":

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47473673

lostlogin 5 hours ago | parent [-]

In a similar vein, the recent thread on bootleg recordings - with both the article and the comments suggesting a more complicated relationship between piracy and band warnings.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47765604