File sharing or as some would call it piracy is only a small part of the problem. We need to look at the industry from top to bottom. The chosen few for too long have had the monopoly in music production, distribution, record sales and promoting artists. They have been able to charge what they like and have amassed fortunes whilst the artists and songwriters at the bottom of the pile struggle. Now with current technology music production and distribution is available cheaply to us all. All of a sudden the big boys are finding it hard surviving on a level playing field.

Now I do not intend to argue the rights and wrongs of piracy or file sharing BUT it has broken down the monopoly, made everyone think and opened up new doors.

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