[Hodar]

I dispute the very claim that the recording industry is being 'hurt' by file swapping to start with.

New releases are down 30% from where they were 10 years ago. If you release fewer albums each year, the return from album sales will also go down.

New competition exists for that same $20 of 'disposable income' that did not exist 10 years ago. For $20 I can buy a DVD, a PC Game, Gameboy cartridge, or a CD.

We are in a recession (coming out of it right now, I hope)

And unlike every product on earth, the RIAA doesn't feel that music get's less valuable over time. Why is the Beatles 'White Album' still selling for $29?? Don't tell that it's due to 'advertising costs'.

[Hanging Chad]

Similarly, I still don't understand why the "arr-teests"
benefit everytime the "medium" changes. I purchased
"The White Album" (and many other titles) in vinyl, 8-track,
cassette, and CD. All of those "production costs" are not
repeated everytime the medium changes.

[WOSG]

"And unlike every product on earth, the RIAA doesn't feel that music get's less valuable over time. Why is the Beatles 'White Album' still selling for $29?? Don't tell that it's due to 'advertising costs'."

Yikes... at least let's cut the copyright time limits back down to what they were before Disney paid off Congress to make it 90years. That is absurd.

[Afronaut]

"Why is the Beatles 'White Album' still selling for $29?? "

Meatloaf Bat out o hell has been 10 bucks for years. It should be 3.99