Creative Workers Need to Be Paid, the Question Is How

There is a lengthy and painful debate over at the Trichordist over whether young people are being immoral when they listen to music that they didn't pay for. The lead piece "letter to Emily" explains to a young woman how she has an obligation to pay for the music she listens to. The piece accurately documents the dismal economic plight of most musicians. It then throws in the statistics that are familiar to those of us who follow the issue closely:

"Recorded music revenue is down 64% since 1...