Re: The new man
People go where their friends go, as relayed by IM, FB, word of mouth.
That's the truth of it. After all, that's how Google and YouTube got so big in the first place.
One niche artist won't make much of a difference other than to highlight the problem but if some major artists - and particularly record labels - take a stand then their fans are very likely to go with them.
The danger of being evil while pretending not to be is that, if you bite the hand that feeds too hard, those being milked just might realise and take exception to that.