Piracy good for music business
Since Napster started to gobble the sales of albums and CDs a decade ago, the music industry has been searching for ways to make money from its artists’ recordings. The innovation of pirates — who can find customers, make music accessible, and get pricing right — should be copied. It’s time to pirate the pirates.
“Piracy is a naughty word in the music business, but it indicates a level of interest,” says Cecelia Kurtzman, the New York-based manager of Alicia Keyes and Shakira, who is engaged to local Barcelona soccer player Gerard Pique.
