Plus, if Metallica only made 50 cents per person per album, that would be over 27 million for their career. Then there's the Tshirts I can't go a day without seeing (even now). I agree, it sucks that they complain about Napster, but it just makes me angrier that they don't go after the labels, which hurt all artists equally, and aim at file sharing, which certainly isn't as bad.

I'm primarily buy CDs by small-time groups as well. I certainly hope the smaller labels don't take as much of the pie as the big ones. Plus, my favorite artists frequently start up their own labels for them and thier friends, leaving me more comfortable with where my money is going.