Praises file-sharing for making it easier to discover lots of “obscure,” classic music that makes today’s music “richer as an artform,” and calls artists who complain about illegal downloading “petty.” We’ve already discussed how this month marks the 10th anniversary of the birth of Napster, and Seattle-based Fleet Foxes made some choice remarks recently to the BBC that add fuel to its importance. For record labels continue to make the same tired, and frequently dispelled by the way, arguemnt that a single illegal download equals a single lost sale and frame their anti-P2P discussion accordingly. Not often discussed is the positive impact that file-sharing has on some of the actual artists and musicians who make up the industry.

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Band Praises P2P for Helping Artists “Discover Music”