“Artists need that crutch to survive”

Lies. Art (and artists) had existed for thousands of years before copyright was invented.

“copyright laws need to be changed to support the musician and consumer”

It’s obvious that you’re not a lawyer. Any kind of private property protecting legislation always supports rich people and large companies at the expense of everybody else. If today oxygen could be claimed as private property – in a week you’d have to pay for your right to breathe.

Artists need that crutch to survive, without copyright they would make very little money, as their intelectual proporty is now all public domain, and if people listened to a song, they might not even know who put so much hard work into creating the album.

Copyright is important, I do not support the large record labels and that group taking all the musician’s money either. Thats why I believe that copyright laws need to be changed to support the musician and consumer, rather than just rich people.

But, sadly, it seems that most people who are against the large record lables, are also anti-copyright, and believe that artists shouldn’t make any money from their work.