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I saw 50 Cent say as much on CNBC when asked about piracy of his music. He said that he thought of it as loss-leading marketing iirc. EDIT: https://www.youtu

• oh_sigh 14y ago
  That's because he makes all of his music money from touring. Almost all music acts can't do that because they don't have the exposure - pirating or not.
  • Tyrannosaurs 14y ago
    That's not as true as it was. 10 years ago touring was purely a means to promote record sales and there were maybe a dozen acts who made money doing it (Madonna, the Rolling Stones and the like). Now it's flipping and touring is profitable for a lot more acts than it used to be.