Of course you know that artists don’t get money when you find their music through less-than-aboveboard avenues; but do you know the difference between buying in-store and, say, through iTunes?  Or what the cut is when you stream something over Rhapsody, or download from cdBaby?  Dig into this delicious infographic and find out (and read through the comments to stumble through some of the conceptual differences that are harder to portray graphically). (via Information Is Beautiful)

If I had a wall large enough for this (and didn’t have the wall covered with dry-erase board), this graphical representation of the internet-as-subway would certainly be an excellent contender for posting.

Which is a too wordy way of saying, this is awesome.

You can theoretically put in to order one when they’re printed, but good luck with that; they’re only printing 1,000. A lot and not.

(Also, they do have a hi-res version available for the downloading. So if you were feeling particularly energetic, and not at a loss for toner, you could rasterize the image, print it out on however many 8.5×11″ sheets of paper it takes, and assemble it yourself…)