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i run 3 mom and pop sites and my business has increased 235% percent last year and a half.



I'm sure its been pretty easy to increase your business 235% when you started at zero. I can do that in less than a quarter with real numbers for any studio.



Get real man...

Look at the real music industry numbers before you start spouting about how the cream rises to the top. If it wasn't for ringtones selling in the millions for $3 your favorite artists would be working Sunset Blvd with a guitar case open, hawking CDs... and that's because all the free shit getting passed around the net has caused their music to get carved up into single song sales for $0.99 to a much smaller market.

Sure, there are some small-fries that have managed to create a career via viral means, but the number is minute. Newcomers that have hit the music scene have had a much tougher time because they've had to get exposure on their own dime because studios aren't willing to invest in new talent anymore. A prime example is Soulja Boy. The mutherfucker had to sell CDs out of the trunk of his car for a while before any studio would make an investment - which ultimately made him a star. If a studio hadn't stepped in, he'd still be selling out of his trunk. Same thing with Kid Rock... it took 10 years of hard labor thanks to a collapsing record market.



That being said, the point of this whole fuckin' thread is that if you licensed a distributor to sell your product and they started giving it away at their discretion, without your permission, why would you want to keep doing "business" with them???