While most top musical artists despise piracy due to obvious reasons, a few have come forward to openly back the concept citing a number of reasons. This list of artists includes the likes of Shakira, Henry Rollins and even the Radiohead boys seem to be big fans of technology and the new digital age, although I suspect their opinions might be different now following the recent hack which basically forced them to release 18 hours worth of music (ouch!) Some people seem to believe that if a mid-tier artist ends up on a piracy website, it can actually go a long way for them, allowing them to acquire a new fan base. We can even find the mega pop star, Ed Sheeran attributing his success to piracy in an interview saying “I know that’s a bad thing to say because I’m part of a music industry that doesn’t like illegal file-sharing but illegal file-sharing was what made me. It was students in England going to university, sharing my songs with each other.” Other arguments that you might hear in favour of piracy are that it doesn't really rob the artist of their money since the person downloading the music illegally would never have purchased it or you'll even hear that piracy is actually helping the sales since the pirate may purchase the artist's music in future but I find that to be absolutely ridiculous since that is a very thin population of pirates we are talking about here and doesn't necessarily stand true for everyone downloading the music illegally. Streaming services like Spotify have done a pretty good job at bringing down the piracy rates and rarely do we see anyone downloading mp3s anymore. Although the music industry revenue hasn't reached the level that it was at during the 90s, we still have come a long way in restoring the balance.Ohai, @kanyewest we noticed your suing of The Pirate Bay, don't you understand free promotion?
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