...I do know that the loss of income for the music industry has probably to do a lot more with the tragedy of 9/11 and the following worldwide economical downwards spiral than copying does

Nah in my case it's just the crappy music they've been putting out that reduced my CD purchases by 100% in the last few years. I honestly haven't bought a new release CD or heard any music I care to try to find lately. I've been buying CDs of things I used to own on vinyl or cassette. Where's my compensation for having to buy 2 formats of the same music?