> the ability for an artist to sell enough music to live on gets exponentially harder. For that argument to make sense, you have to assume that an artist has a

> the ability for an artist to sell enough music to live on gets exponentially harder. For that argument to make sense, you have to assume that an artist has a right to make a living selling music. If you believe that then the status quo ante was failing miserably (because almost all artists were never signed by a label with the marketing power to make them economically viable).