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Are you aware that the world is not binary?

• philwelch 16y ago
  Very much so, as a matter of fact. Still, widely available piracy of major-label music has diminished record sales to a far greater degree than competition from independent artists. If the major-label hegemony was truly broken, we wouldn't see these mass-market pop stars on major labels get the publicity and record sales (compared to indie artists) that they do, nor would the top touring bands by major revenue continue to be major-label acts. On the contrary, major labels continue to be successful at choosing and promoting which acts achieve popularity and success--they are just less able to share in that success themselves.