>But you can't tell how many PIRATED musicians are being scrobbled, can you? There's no way to detect what listens are audio and what listens aren't.
Well in the proposed flat-rate scenario there would be no need for distinction.
>That's regarding the idea of buying records - the money from most of which goes directly to the record industry. Different models work in different ways.
The post was talking about the flat-rate scenario not buying records, in any case it's obvious the record industry model is dead as it currently exists. That doesn't mean we shouldn't think about viable ways of compensating artists.