RIAA and the Organized Crime family of Music labels should get a clue and start by lowering the price of CD's. $20 for a CD? I only buy used CD's now and the RIAA and Mafia want to start collecting money on those too!
If a CD sells for $20 and costs, say $2 to make, the markup is $18 or 900%, nine times what it cost. In any real market this is insane. If a retailer were to sell using 40% as a markup the price would be $3.34 per CD.
How many CDs would you go out and buy tomorrow if they sold for $3.50 each? Answer: Lots. And would the artists and distributors make money? Yes. They'd be rolling in dough.