and b/c regardless of the fact that we can get the music for free or for cheap via some streaming service, we're supposed to love the music as art so much that we want to give the artist money so they can produce more music.

that's the model today.

i just read a blog entry from a porn producer who's borrowed the tiny violin the music industry plays for itself and is now playing the world's smallest violin for himself and the porn industry in an attempt to make us all feel the same guilt about porn that we are supposed to feel about records. he wants us to buy porn b/c we love it so much that we want to support the artists w/our money despite the fact that it's freely/cheaply available all over the Internet.