How does the boycott help musicians?
The status quo of the music industry won’t change unless groups of people can make educated choices about how they create and perform music. We, as artists, can regain control of culture so that Artistic Diversity and freedom will expand in the future. Corporate-controlled (as opposed to people-controlled) licensing creates excessive restrictions on sampling and building our shared culture. It makes it illegal or prohibitively expensive for other artists to use samples, limiting artistic expression. Maybe you’re thinking, “forget art, we want to make money.” We too want musicians to make a better living. While we recognize some musicians make a decent cut from royalities paid by performing rights organizations, licensing fees rarely reach those who wrote the music. The statistical system that determines who gets how much doesn’t really work when applied to artists who don’t fit the curve. In addition, millions of dollars made on licenses go towards parties, promotional materials, payol
