Courtney Love (!?) Does the Math

Courtney Love Does The Math

It's another link to a lot of text, but it's worth the time it take to read it. Believe me, I'm at least as surprised as anyone that I'm linking to a thought-provoking speech given by Courtney Love.

According to her numbers, the earnings of even a very successful artist are really quite meager. It does give some indication why most of the noise about music piracy is from the record companies, rather than the artists themselves.