If the Olders spent all their money on CD’s back in the 80’s (or tapes and records in the 40’s-70’s) and they are aquiring and sharing their collections, then most have already PAID their Big Music license fee.

So the Youngers are the former “shoplifters” who took money, literally, out of the record store’s till, now takes it from the P2P, and the cost is shared…

So what finally keeps selling CD’s???

It’s the marketing, stupid!

Ya’ gotta have the Logo, the status symbol of our age. Ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby! Without your Nike you’re nobody. Nelly says so too.

Without the real CD (storebought or otherwise), instead of your brother’s handwritten tracklist, you’ve got nothing but a fake gucci watch that doesn’t even keep good time.

It’s all in the packaging. Forty-five page inserts with pictures and lyrics and all of that grease, right in your hands, and a bonus poster too!! Woo hoo!!

It’s the marketing, baby. It’s all in the sales pitch. Scare the kids, but sell the package. It takes more than a disc to make a CD.

Now if Google could just… nah, I’ll save that for another day.

Rastaruss