Official music download sites don’t pay artists either.

Pot calls kettle black department.
Official music download sites don’t pay artists either.

When the recording companies were attacking Napster, they attempted to seize the high moral ground by claiming that Napster was unfair not just to the bonuses of corporate suits, but also to the poor musicians whose work was being pirated by file-sharers. But guess what? According to the The New York Times, the download sites set up by the recording industry don’t pay the musicians either. Well, well, well…