It is widely expected that Madonna will bypass traditional record labels and sign a $120 million deal with Beverly Hills based Live Nation, to coordinate her recorded music, merchandising, and (the real cash cow) her live concerts. This comes in the wake of Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and other artists abandoning record labels and selling their music themselves, primarily online.
Meanwhile, the labels fritter away their time and energy filing 26,000 lawsuits against their customers, and have financially ruined Jammie Thomas,...
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