WIRED carried a story today about the most lucrative MP3 album released on Amazon's music site in 2008. The most popular album was Nine Inch Nails’ Ghosts I-IV. In its first week it generated $1.6 million in revenues. It became the fourth most listened to album on Billboard's electronic charts.
Oh, by the way, the album was released with a Creative Commons License. The Creative Commons blog wondered why would people pay for something they can get for free. It argued "One explanation is the convenience and ease of use of NIN and Amazon’s MP3 stores. But another is that fans understood that purchasing MP3s would directly support the music and career of a musician they liked."
The RIAA does not seem to get it. But consumers do.
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