That's not what I said. I said many independent artists are back to the days when selling recordings is no longer a viable source of revenues to make a living. Their copyrights on their music are worth not much nowadays (it's more a protection against plagiarism than a source of income). Yes, their music is listened to by a much wider audience, and they have less problems filling their concerts, but they can no longer count on record sales to make money as their music get stolen rather than bought. It condemns many to be far more often on tour (which isn't an easy life for people with families etc.), or to take side jobs. Tons of small labels have gone down the drain or stopped their activities because of those structural changes in the music industry.

Of course it has also a lot of positive effects for small bands, but it also has vert negative effects that people no longer respect copyrights.