Petition Wants Free Music to Be Grammy Eligible

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One of the most heated debates currently happening in the music industry centers around the question, “What is music worth?” With the fall of physical album sales—previously a prime driver of revenue—and the rise of subscriber subsidized streaming content, the answer increasingly seems to be, “Not all that much.” Along the way, some artists have decided to skip out of this conversation entirely by dropping albums and mixtapes completely free for their fans to download. But this method carries with it another set of drawbacks that many artists haven’t anticipated.