[kristofferR]

>> "Some won’t even download it illegally, instead they will just listen to music through streaming services like Spotify which are free to a certain extend and which yield so little profit to the labels or the artists that it is almost like downloading it for free."

This is totally inaccurate. The music industry grew for the first time since 1999 due to digital streaming services:

http://ifpi.no/9-forsiden/43-ifpi-publishes-digital-music-re...

[hukl]

That is good for the labels but not for the smaller artists. I talked to people from indie labels and major labels from the digital divisions - they said all the same. If you are not already big you will get little to nothing out of Spotify etc.