If this isn't selling out, I don't know what is. Okay, so it's only Fergie - but keep in mind, your kids are listening to Fergie (and maybe you are too, if you're a creepy old man), and this isn't going to stop with her. What do you think?
I got no problems with it. I think they're right, record sales are going to be neglibile in the future. With piracy of music and the wide acceptance of it taking place around the world, I don't see any problem with entertainers taking advantage of it. Take a read at this article below and see how this is already happening in China, where piracy is not only accepted but advocated. They are using there songs as promotional tools for themselves, and then make money from live shows and also advertising (which is where a lot of incomes from musicians and entertainers in China comes from). Link Like it or not, music business is going to change, and the business model for the music business will change along with it. This was the video from a hit song in China a while back, and this guy is arguably one of the biggest stars in China right now. They remixed the entire video (not just a 30 sec clip) to be a Pepsi commercial....... <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qrEYKuaX-rY"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qrEYKuaX-rY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
