Media Piracy: Good Economics?

Although technically it's illegal, piracy can infact be helpful. At least half of the artists I have downloaded I would have never even heard of had I not seen their work featured in an anime music video, google video, etc. So had I not downloaded, the bands name wouldn't even be in the back of my mind. So it's obvious that sales are no slumping due to piracy. If anything, piracy is only helping sell tracks. Now of course, some people will download the music, decide they like it, and still not go buy it. But that's where an artist could get smart. The previously mentioned demographic is probably more often than not to lazy to get up and go buy the CD. If the artist themselves decided to start selling their tracks at reasonable prices, (I'm talking maybe .60-.80 cents a track) withought DRM, thse lazy people could go get the music, support their newly found artist they enjoy, and all for a nice price. In a utopia world all the artists would start doing this, and Ill bet that the online downloads take over, or at least match the sales of traditional CD's. A good first step has been initiated by Itunes and the likes, but the market needs to be expanded and improved even more to be truly on par with CD sales. Namely as I said, cheaper prices for singles, a lack of Digital Rights Management, a nd an ease of service.

Jam it back in, in the dark.