Artists aren't losing anything. Maybe MTV superficial label created stars like britney spears are losing, but the people who are truly making their own music and not in it for the money are doing great.
As far as record executives, they have nothing to do for music. Good music doesn't need commercials. Plenty of independant bands have made it to the top recently for a simple fact: their music is good. There's no money to create a new britney spears, so they're signing people who actually deserve to sell records. Of course they totally fuck them, giving them a much smaller % than they would get on an independant label, but they're still getting them the exposure.
So basically as far as I'm concerned, britney spears and her record executives can end up living in a cardboard box. I don't care. The industry is being overthrown by the true artists. Viva la revolution!
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