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I'd like to argue with that chart.


I have no problem with that. It can be found at CNN's site.

I mean that not in a sarcastic way. Simply pointing out that I myself did not make the chart, and any arguments as to it's validity should be addressed to the people who did.

Bitt, I respect your argument. I really do. But what it fails to address is this: I hope we can all agree that the artists likely see little of what is paid for the CDs. The majority goes to the record company and to the retailers. I will not, repeat WILL NOT, continue to pay for something I neither want nor need: I have no use for 100s of mylar disks, rotting away in a closet somewhere, just so I can wave it around triumphantly when the RIAA raid team breaks down my door. I have no problem buying my music, but I will only buy the MUSIC. Not the retail markup and all the other crap. To me it's like having to pay for Windows on a new computer. I'm not gonna pay for something I'm never going to use, nor should I be required to.
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Dave