medium · LSAT Reading Comprehension
(Paragraph 1) Digital streaming has fundamentally altered the music industry, making vast libraries of songs accessible for a low monthly fee. (Paragraph 2) Consider the case of independent artists in the early 2000s, who relied on physical CD sales for the majority of their income. Today, those same artists often earn less than a penny per stream, forcing them to rely on live performances and merchandise to sustain their careers.
Which one of the following most accurately describes the primary purpose of the second paragraph?
- It supplies a concrete case that makes vivid the industry-wide shift described in the first paragraph.
- It lays out the technical formula streaming services use to calculate per-play royalties.
- It recommends that independent musicians abandon streaming and return to selling physical CDs.
- It traces the music industry's full history from its origins to the present day.
- It concedes a weakness in the first paragraph's claim that streaming transformed the industry.
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