By Jeff Price
Before I say another word, yes, I know I’m rising to the bait. I know this response means more eyeballs for Digital Music News – a semi legitimate music industry blog that tends to be sensational to drive eyeballs. I know that Paul Resnikoff’s constant personal attacks on TuneCore and me are a goad and good for his web traffic. Okay, sometimes the only way to refute a gambit is to accept it. If this means more people paying attention to Paul’s site and generating revenue for his ad-supported business model, I guess he wins that round.
But when you paint a picture of hopelessness for artists, suggest they are failures and attempt to discourage them based on a nonsensical math equation and incomplete data, then you’ve lashed out at the wrong target. They deserve the truth.
Paul, why do you put down artists for making money?
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