POLL TOPIC TUESDAY: To Download Or Not To Download, That Is The Question?

Remember when Lars Ulrich of Metallica and a host of other rockers went to war over the file sharing site Napster?  That was a game changer for sure.  Similar events in the music world are taking place once again.  I'm using as examples here three artists that I admittedly do not like, but it's for example purposes only.  Taylor Swift, The Black Keys and Coldplay have all pulled music from the download/streaming site Spotify.  Coldplay is different in the fact, that they do allow downloading of the music on Spotify, but they just wait several months after an album release before they allow them to have their material to post on the site for D/L or streaming.  Taylor Swift and The Black Keys have pulled all of their music from Spotify, citing that they are making only a small amount of money for the music they create.  Bands like AC/DC and Led Zeppelin never agreed to be on the service in the first place. Radiohead has recently joined the defection from Spotify.  Here's some of that info from Rollingstone.com

Music sales have been dropping all year, as the record industry navigates a shift from selling downloads to offering music catalogs via streaming services such as Spotify, YouTube and Beats Music. Album sales are down 14 percent, according to Nielsen Soundscan, and track sales are down 13 percent, but paid subscriptions jumped 57 percent last year, the Recording Industry Association of America reported.  Some artists, including Radiohead's Thom Yorke, have complained vehemently about Spotify's business model, insisting they receive low royalty payments while fans get the music for free, but Spotify reps have insisted the money gets better as more users sign up to the service and pay for premium subscriptions.

So what do you think?  Do these artists have a point?  Should they allow their music to be used on music sites like Spotify?  What about You Tube?  It's Free Too. Take my POLL TOPIC TUESDAY below.