Jeff

I agree and disagree with you. I agree that we as consumers need to pay. I can imagine how the internet has hurt corp sales. No doubt about it.

Having said that. If the record labels would pup out solid music, catchy music stuff that was good, more people would pay. In the last 15 years there has only been a VERY small handful of bands that I listen to. And for those few, I do buy their music, I'm still old school and must have CDs rather than just download it. The rest, I don't even bother to rip off, find for free or simply bother to go out of my way to in any way shape or form obtain their music.

I buy what you say to some degree, but, Hollywood screwed the pooch when they killed heavy metal for grunge then to be followed up with nu metal.

I feel sorry for the artists, but not the record companies.