Interesting. I occasionally watch music videos on YouTube, and I try to watch the official one whenever possible, because all else being equal, I'd like to see

Interesting. I occasionally watch music videos on YouTube, and I try to watch the official one whenever possible, because all else being equal, I'd like to see people get paid. I think there's a ton of money to be made off of the monetization of the goodwill fans have towards a band. If a musician says, "here, look at the Coke polar bears dance for a while while you download my music, this helps me get paid," I think he'll make a lot of money. Not as much as he's getting for CDs, but hey, something is better than nothing. And if the labels keep things going as they are, nothing is what they're going to get. The iTunes store isn't really the solution: much of the time, people want to pay for music @ .22p a listen, not $1.00 a download.