Shii Posted:

If some artist paints a new painting, if someone just walked in and took it cuz they wanted it, what kind of argument would “I’m too cheap to pay for it” be?

This is a pretty bad example, a more realistic one would be, an artist paint a beautiful painting. The company that represents the artist, has taken pictures of the work, and are selling these pictures at $15 each, just outside the museum.

If someone who is in fact, too cheap to pay $15 for said picture, walks in, and takes his own picture and leaves, how did the artist lose money?

Rather, the artist could have MADE MORE.

The whole “They lost 51% of revenue” argument should in fact be “We could’ve made 51% more revenue”.

Not only has the artist lost no money, even if every single song was purchased, the artist wouldn’t have made significantly more, due to the mbumive cut that the record industry takes.