Do artists who have their music pirated and released on P2P networks gain from the increased FREE exposure, and does this help lead to their nomination for the famed Grammy music award?. With the famed Grammy Awards fast approaching, the usual question on many people's minds will of course be piracy and the future of the music business. The fact that it's still unaddressed some 8 years after Napster's birth speaks volumes about the music industry's commitment to really solving it outside of a courtroom.
On February 11th the show will showcase artists selected by members of the National Academy of the Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), each of whom are urged not to look at sales or charts when voting for a winner. They are supposed to vote based upon the quality of the work that has been submitted.
What I'd like to know is how much their normal music listening habits influence their selections, and how many of these NARAS members have music content that either hasn't been obtained using the stringent copyright "standards" of the RIAA, or from legal digital download services that the RIAA seems so reluctant to embrace.
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