Hugh

Mmmmmm.

So the 'little artists' gain by people taking their stuff without paying for it, telling others how good it is, and giving them free copies - I am unsure how the 'little artists' actually gain from these, for lack of a better word, transactions.

Are they to hope that eventually someone will pay (and why should someone pay, if they can get it for free?).....

How do the "little artists" raise the money for the recording studio costs, the production costs, and the up-front money required for touring? How do the "little artists" turn into the "artists who have made it and in turn get better record deals"? For instance, Ed Sheeran only started making money after he signed to Asylum/Atlantic Records.....