Look, I'm happy to pay for a live performance or a physical copy of a book. And I will probably continue to pay for both long after copyright is done away with. But once something goes digital it doesn't cost me anything to make a copy of it. It doesn't cost the creator anything either. It's as easy to make a copy of as 'ctrlc' and 'ctrlv'. And that's a GOOD thing! It's means, for the first time in our history, completely free transmission of information. I think we should be supporting this! Yes, this means certain industries will have to change or maybe go away entirely. Film and television won't be able to use DVD sales as an extra source of revenue. Films will have to depend on being shown in the theaters and television will have to depend on its first run. Musicians will have to depend on live shows, rather than being able to just float on their albums. Books, well, will have to stay books. I am okay with all of that. I really think that's the way it should go. And I say this as someone who works entirely in the digital and can't figure out how to make money from things that I produce in any way other than asking for donations. And I'm okay with that.
I think most of the money that comes from album sales goes to the label. I read an interview once with Quiet Riot, a few years ago, and they said their money came from live performances, not album sales.