[the anti-liberal]

After NIN got out of their record contract they sold a 36 track album directly to fans online, in various recording quality and without any DRM, and made around 2 million in the first couple of months (if I recall correctly).

It's all about the business model - and selling a $20 physical CD that might have 1 or 2 good songs does not a good business model make.

[longtermmemmory]

but a physical cd needs a factory to make, teamsters to load the boxes, teamsters to drive the truck, a record store to physically sell the CD, a store front in a mall or building, etc. etc.

[razorboy]

I want to know where everybody is getting these CDs that only have 1 or 2 good songs. That’s a favorite meme in copyright discussions and frankly of hundreds to maybe now thousands of discs in my collection there’s maybe half a dozen that are like that. People need better musical taste.