30 second snippets royalties...seriously?

http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/mp3s-drive-music-biz-multiple-personality-spin

This article on fast company.com just shows how ridiculous the entertainment world is getting when it comes to money. Some artists have issues with the fact that they are not getting royalty checks for the 30 second snippets that Itunes and other music sites have for their users to get a preview of a song before they buy it. Personally, this just gives me another reason to despise the over paid artists out there that are more worried about a pay check than producing good music for the masses. These musicians are claiming that they are not getting enough money to support themslves but do they really need that jumbo jet or indoor swiming pool. I know I am generalizing but it reminds me a of a South Park episode where famous musicians were boycotting the new trend of music piracy. They were crying over that fact that they did not have enough money to buy that jumbo jet and they had to settle for the smaller one. How ridiculous.