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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 dear: one, that the growth in live revenue shows no sign of slowing and two, that live performances are by far and away the most lucrative section of industry revenue for artists themselves, because they retain such a big percentage of the money from ticket sales. The music industry\'s \"decline\" is not as simple as record labels would like us to believe, and musicians are getting a bigger slice of the pie than they have in the past. Which of the following can be most reasonably concluded from the last paragraph? A. One cause of the music industry\'s decline is the larger share of profits going to musicians. B. Musicians are as responsible for the distorted public view of the music industry as are record labels. C. The author believes that there is not enough available data to determine the profits of record labels. D. Record labels\' claims of an industry decline do not fully take into account the increased profits of musicians. E. The public has participated in creating the overly simplistic view of the state of the recording industry.

Solution

C is the correct answer,