Global distribution
>Perhaps fewer artists would complain about lower rates if the promise of a global distribution network was fulfilled
You mean the thing the record companies have spent a decade and tens of millions to lobby against? It is currently not possible to buy MP3's across country borders even inside the EU thanks to record company lobbying. It screws the artists, but protects record companies from international competition.
For the same reason it is currently impossible to listen to Pandora and other US streaming radio in Europe.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
