Good points by McGuiness.
or maybe, the music industry is in decline because the music simply...sucks?
I agree witht illegal DLs. It’s unfair for those guys who produce these stuff to not let even the smallest of $$$ go their way because it’s the right thing to do.
Unfortunately for bittorrent and encryption, PLUS Safepeer/peerguardian...this is a losing battle for the companies.
There is good music out there. And many festivals have many bands that are “known” by different undergrounds but none get on commercial radio, MTV, Rolling Stoned, People, The Tonight Show, or Saturday Night Live and none will ever be written about in Rolling Stone’s Rock and Roll HOF.
I hear the mainstays and their collection agencies complaining about digital downloads far more than the blacklisted indie acts.
Then again Frank Sintara hated BMI, Sun Records, and an indie artist named Elvis too because it changed the musical focus of the industry.