i read some of your post about cd prices and stuff and this forum is kinda related to downloading mp3s. i remember hearing on the radio that people were doing research on music piracy and they found out it takes like a couple thousand, somewhere around like 5,000 mp3 downloads to lose 1 sale of a cd. they also mentioned that cd sales seemed to drop only because in the 90's there was a new rise of music like hip-hop that got people to buy cds. there was just better music back then and the big sales just makes nowadays look pathetic. i just wished i had more information about this. anyways i thought some of you might have found this interesting.

summary if you didnt understand: 5,000 illegal downloads = loss of 1 cd sale