I dont think that mp3 is responsible for the fall of good music. That started to happen back when the first discos opened and when TV became a big deal. Peeps stopped to go to concerts and instead listened to instant-music - the big 70´s hits are musically not much better than the crap that you hear in the charts nowadays.

I think the internet and mp3 has done not only bad to the pooooor recordingindustry (who has ruined our music to make big profits), but it also does something good - every lil chump has the possibility to chose from the WHOLE musical universe that is out there - not only from the narrowminded media-music that you hear every day - i know heaps of dudes who downloaded like thousands of mp3´srandomly without even knowing the band or the style, just to discover styles and bands that where unknown to them. you realy cannot make file sharing responsible for the downfall of good music - thats just fingerpointing to find a scapegoat!