Bono's sentiment is a breath of fresh air compared to usual tech writers BS that all music should be free because all musicians make their touring and via t-Shirt sales.
I agree with that completely but its obnoxious coming from a guy whose band makes half a billion per tour. I wish the Future Islands, and Death Cab For Cuties, and Waxahatchees had the courage to step up and talk about how music is damaged by file sharing and how it literally takes food out of their mouths.
But coming from Bono its just a total wank. Its like John Lennon singing "imagine no possessions," a song he wrote in his NYC penthouse that was retrofitted with a walk-in humidor for his fur coats. Its totally the wrong messenger.