Ran across a couple interesting bits related to musicians having their songs online and record sales.

In a roundtable interview with the Chicago Tribune (registration required to view), Creative Commons chairman Lawrence Lessig and the online manager of the band Wilco talk about the internet and music. The gist of is that putting Wilco’s music online helped them sell more records and greatly increase attendance at their live shows.

Cory Doctorow points at a recent Cato Institute study (PDF) that shows popular searches on a P2P network didn’t correlate with lower sales.