I've said this before on DU, I will say it again.
I used to shop regularly at Tower before they went belly-up. I was there every Tuesday (new release day) without fail.
And I remember, shortly before their demise, that the "regular' price of a single CD had reached $19.95.
More often than not, that could mean 30 minutes of music, one good song, and crap.
People got sick of paying for that.
Thus was born Napster, Limewire, Bearshare and the rest. And as the recording industry called out the dogs, VPNs and other advances in technology allowed people pirating music to do it under the radar.
In my lifetime I have paid thousdands...probably HUNDREDS of thousands...for LEGITIMATELY purchased music.
Would I pay $20 for one more slab or crap? Nope. People want to hear it before they buy it these days, and sometimes, they just keep it WITHOUT buying it. Yeah, it's theft. But the music industry lowered their standards and the buying public responded.
C'est la vie.
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