[N3WBI3]

While the article gives fear of breaking the law most of the credit I wonder how much goes to the fact that the music industry has finally started to adjust its business model. The availability of iTunes and other services with a wide variety of songs from which to pick and choose has had to have had a serious impact..

[kevkrom]

While the article gives fear of breaking the law most of the credit I wonder how much goes to the fact that the music industry has finally started to adjust its business model. The availability of iTunes and other services with a wide variety of songs from which to pick and choose has had to have had a serious impact.

Bingo. At $0.79-$0.99 a track, people are far more willing to buy just the tracks they like. And services like iTunes, which streams 30-second samples of tracks on request, allows a little "try before you buy" without removing the incentive to pay for it altogether.