The Who guitarist Pete Townshend has urged Apple's iTunes to use its power to help new bands instead of "bleeding" artists like a "digital vampire".
Townshend made the (comments) in BBC 6 Music's inaugural John Peel Lecture, named in (honour) of the legendary DJ.
He also argued against (unauthorised) file-sharing, saying the internet was "destroying copyright as we know it".
"The word 'sharing' surely means giving away something you have (earned), or made, or paid for?" he said.
The rock legend listed eight services that record labels and music publishers have traditionally provided to artists, such as editorial (guidance) and "creative nurture".
Source from BBC
