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Again, a silly statement. This is the same argument that was used when Bill Gates was being questioned in Congress about the price of software. Yes, it may cost 25 cents to mass produce a cd, but it costs millions to create the original cd. The same argument is also used against drug companies. The drug itself costs 50 cents to manufacture, and people scream "price gouging" which conveniently ignores the original billion dollar investment to develop the drug.

Yes, and no. No doubt there are some lavishly produced recordings for which this is true. But the majority do not have huge production costs anymore. The technology needed to produce has gone down across the board, but the prices have not.

I think Dvorak's essential point is correct, even if he gets the details wrong about cost of manufacture. And he's certainly wrong to go from higher fixed price to lower fixed price. The market should be able to determine that.

Yes, I agree with you on that, and I do concede Dvorak has a point. However, his examples are specious, and do not support his argument. Which, for me, creates more doubt about him, than it does about the music industry and their profits.