@Richard Read
"Why is it a problem if the music industry or recorded music ceases to exist as a mainstream occupation? Its not as if music is an essential product, the supply of which is vital to human life."
Since when has creating art been a mainstream occupation? Has anyone actually ever tried to sell or market an original work of art? It's the most disheartening and monetarily unrewarding pastime you could choose. Even "successful" acts you see on television and radio would be lucky to break even.
I earn a 100 bucks an hour if I go to work tomorrow, or I could record music and give it away for free.
It's pretty much too late already. The mob has spoken. Turn on your telly and see what people consider entertainment: watching fat people try to lose weight or a house full of boneheads talking about tits and drinking. The essential products of life.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
