Incredible. This is first rate trolling. Almost every point in this article is fallacious or inflammatory. I'd expect to read an article like this in Billboard,

Incredible. This is first rate trolling. Almost every point in this article is fallacious or inflammatory. I'd expect to read an article like this in Billboard, not Wired. Touting that bands (are supposed to) get a whole 20 cents to the dollar in the callout makes me wonder if this is some kind of overly dry satire.