[reedjosh]

100% this. There was a copyism movement a while back that basically believed humans should have the right to copy and share as they like.

Let's not pretend that free sharing leads to starving musicians. All but a very few are already starving now, and our culture is centralized into a bland nothingness because of it.

In a free to share world, value for value wins. Artists have experimented with donation requested but otherwise free music and won.

In this model there's also no need for distribution or streaming middleman.

And no need for Fed coffers and intervention.