Will an investment in the music business secure your pension?

The 1950s and 1960s saw an explosion in the popular music field. The response to public demand was increased investment in music producers and record producers and distributors. But distribution on the internet is causing insecurity and depression for the originators of music. It calls into question whether continued investment in music can be assured of a return, in the absence of effective measures to counter the depredations wrought by pirates.