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- Maybe the closest thing to represent the idea of music are musical notes, but I agree that the implementation of it could still be more diverse than other ideas that could be described amd sharded. - It depends on the motive for making music. If it's only done to make money, I think you are right. However, if it's done to express your intrinsic creativity, itch your own scratch or establish your talents for a greater public, I doubt if you would stop even if it has costs associated to it. Many artists these days (writers/musicians/painters, etc) establish themselves through their craft and monetize it indirectly through concerts/workshops/public speaking, etc. - A good concrete analogous example are open source software developers. Or, imagine the inventor of fire/wheel/electricity/etc to artificially restrict its access... - Lastly, I personally think it's a good thing to support and I am willing to pay creative, productive people and great implementations of ideas...

I support and appreciate it. Information should flow freely. Music is information. You can't own it, thus it can't be stolen. IP is bullshit and is holding humanity back in general. Ideas need to be shared. Music is an idea