Artists & Musicians Benefit from the Internet

Pew Internet just released results from a survey of the internet's impact on artists and musicians :

Across the board, among those who are both successful and struggling, the artists and musicians we surveyed are more likely to say that the internet has made it possible for them to make more money from their art than they are to say it has made it harder to protect their work from piracy or unlawful use.

Perhaps the RIAA will begin to explore ways to embrace file sharing within a viable business model rather than treat its best customers as criminals.