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Ahhh. but the music doesn't COST 35 cents to make... only to reproduce. The costs include studio expenses, royalties, promotion and much more. Granted, I do think that the record companies should drastically reduce the price they charge for music and sell it online. 16 bucks for a CD is absurd.

I read the article in PC-Magazine last night, and I disagree with Dvorak. Why should the royalties be a proportion of the manufacturing costs? Digital technologies are driving the marginal costs toward zero. What does it cost to download professionally made MP3 files and burn them onto a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM? If royalties should be proportional to the manufacturing cost, they also will go to zero!

I remember when they were debating cost of CD's in our GLORIOUS capital. I heard several big name stars claim that the first thing the customer would do is make a copy of the CD on tape. So our bright arse legislators along with the "MUSICindustry" lobbiest alowed then to charge YOU for 2 copies of the CD. Why the heck do you think it cost $16. The game was rigged in the early 90's, there is a LOT of catching up to do. Download your heart out, you allready paid for it.