[skippy the wonder dog]

I don't disagree with what's been said, except that nobody is saying that 1 download = 1 lost sale.

You have to admit that a proportion of downloads does represent lost sales and this does represent a loss to the record companies and to some extent to the artists. And that's not restricted to the one-hit wonders and albums of filler.

What's needed is for the industry to start dealing with the new technology. The CD as they know it is dying. Traditional distribution models are going the way of the dinosaur. And ultimately the industry is going to go through a huge shakeup as a result.

Is going, I should say.