[MrVandemar]

> it also affected small business and independent musicians, arguable more so, since they weren't as well funded to adapt to the disruption.

By "independent musicians" I assume you mean Lars Ulrich.

[jmpz]

Nope. Lars Ulrich got a lot of hate for his stance against piracy, since Metallica were unlikely to suffer much from it. But, I think his perspective came from the time they spent as an independent band where they would not have survived without record sales.