Napster/MP3 can be effective for poplular artists (Score 1)

Anyone who has ever seen the way that the music industry works (just watch Behind the Music enough times and you'll get the idea) knows that artists make little money through record sales (percentage-wise compared to the other places that they make their money)- They make their money through merchandising. So, I guess it probably wouldn't be a bad idea for a band like Limp Biskit to promote napster because in doing so many people would be exposed to thier music, go to their shows, buy t-shirts, stickers, etc. Most of the time it is just the record label, not the artist, that suffers from the loss of pirated music and because Dre runs his own label, that's probably why he's pissed. I think that I agree with Chuck-D when he mentioned that with Digital Music becoming so readily availible and relatively easy to make, that the record companies are scared that they are not going to be able to PROFIT FROM SOMEBODY ELSE'S ART (insert irony here). They will not be able to pimp the bands on the street, because now the bands can pimp themselves. Racket