The categories of \"Live revenue\" and \"Recorded revenue\" are broken into subc

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The categories of "Live revenue" and "Recorded revenue" are broken into subcategories so that, for any chunk of revenue-recorded music sales, for instance you can see how much goes to the artist and how much goes elsewhere. (In the case of recorded music, the lion's share of revenue goes to the record label; in the case of live performances, the promoter takes a percentage.) Hopefully, this analysis sheds some factual light on the claims and counter-claims that are sweeping across the music industry establishment about whether artists are losing out as a result of the fall in sales of recorded music. Why live revenues have grown so stridently is beyond the scope of this article, but our data make two things clear: one, that the growth The sub-categories of the graph noted in the second paragraph support a point made in the passage by: A. highlighting the obstacles musicians will face in the future. B. showing why record label revenues have declined. C. illustrating the complexity of music industry revenue distribution. D. supporting the record labels' claim that the music industry is in decline. E. revealing the distortions that characterize the public's view of the music industry.

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answer is option (D)

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