I won't pretend to know the business, but when I read stuff like this https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100712/23482610186.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/arti

I won't pretend to know the business, but when I read stuff like this https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100712/23482610186.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100712/23482610186.shtml, I'm not sure the CD was much better. Extract: " And that explains why huge megastars like Lyle Lovett have pointed out that he sold 4.6 million records and never made a dime from album sales. It's why the band 30 Seconds to Mars went platinum and sold 2 million records and never made a dime from album sales. You hear these stories quite often. "