Courtney Love's takedown of major record label contracts and the economics of artist exploitation

What is piracy? Piracy is the act of stealing an artist's work without any intention of paying for it. I'm not talking about Napster-type software. I'm talking about major label recording contracts.

I want to start with a story about rock bands. In particular, I want to tell you about a band that I know intimately, because I was in it. That band is Hole.

The record labels are the ones who are pirating the artists' work, not the kids downloading music.

I'm not a businesswoman, I'm an artist. But I can do math.