An AP article (“Web site pays off for Phish“) discusses the band’s LivePhish.com Web site:
In the first four months after the site’s launch on New Year’s Eve, the service generated $1 million, said Brad Serling, whose company runs the site as a joint venture with the band. “It’s been profitable from day one,” Serling said.
…and their partnership with Apple to provide free MP3 and iTunes-equipped Macs as CD burning stations at last weekend’s Phestival in Limestone, Maine.
Maybe other artists (and labels) should wake up and smell the Kerosene?