| There is just too much free media, today.
I remember even in 2000, you really did have to go out and buy your favorite band's album, because even to find it on the net was a pain in the arse.
Now, excluding illegal downloads, there's still all the websites, myspaces (and similar sites) plus sites like grooveshark where you can listen anytime you want. Why on earth would I go out and buy the new Paramore album when I can punch it in the search engine and listen to it for free, without doing anything illegal?
The industry as we knew it is gone. Doomed. Done.
The problem is, it's hard to put out anything new if there's no real money coming in to develpp and support it. |