[Principled]

No, it means you can kiss the recordng industry's and rock music's outdated business model good-bye.

Music will always be here.

[smith288]

Whatever happened to those "artists" who always say "I do it for the looooove, maaaan".

[george wythe]

it means you can kiss the recordng industry's and rock music's outdated business model good-bye.

Music will always be here

Correct.

Let the marketing gurus loose and unleash the power of the market forces.

You will see business models that convince people to buy music using different formats.

For example, "free" products like potable water are being sold for a premium in the form of "spring" water or "clear" water. One of the most expensive brands, Dasani, admits in its label that it is just municipal water.

Or look at how many people are loyal to AOL even when dialup Internet access is free or much cheaper from other providers.

The Chicken Little types are just rigid oldtimers who do not want or do not know how to adapt to the new market.

[geedee]

I agree. The movie studios raised the same kinda hell when VCR's came out. They said it would doom their industry, blah, blah, blah. The movie industry has never made more moola than it has lately.