[Will88]

The album has now sold more than 4 million – the kind of number we thought, in the age of file-sharing, we’d never hear again.

Wow, a whole 4 million in album sales. That gives us a good indication of just how much "sharing", or outright theft of copyrighted music is going on these days. In the past, a fair number of smash hit albums would sell 20 million or more, and each year had it's share selling in the 10 million plus range.

So much 'sharing' going on out there.

[lee martell]

What I don’t get is why is this ‘file sharing’ even permitted? It’s ruining the recording business profits. I think this is one instance where the laws have yet to catch up to the mighty forces of the internet.

[SamAdams76]

Nobody downloads rogue MP3s anymore from the Internet. File sharing is not a serious problem for the recording industry and likely never has been.

The business model is simply shifting towards "stream on demand."

Purchasing music on a physical media (i.e. compact disc) is quickly becoming an oddity.