> No one enjoying the music owes the musician, though some of them could record / stream it (perhaps supplemented with commentary) for a profit. Would it be ethical for them to contribute nothing or only pennies?
According to the sibling reply, if I gave the musician a penny, that would still be 167x more than he would get if I streamed his music.
You're missing a zero there, it's more like $0.006 per stream
https://edm.com/industry/how-much-each-streaming-platform-pa...