[Cursed Lemon]

...That music piracy has undeniably demonstrated that either a) music today is not worth supporting, or b) the populace at large just doesn't really care about this industry whatsoever? That music, in general, is just a fashion statement that people can seemingly forgo if need be? I think it's fair to assume that if someone is passionate enough about something, they will support it monetarily. All forms of media have been hit by piracy, so really, what does this suggest? Either popular multimedia is just not very intriguing these days on the whole, or people simply don't have a spark for it.

You can say it's the economy, you can say that it's the counter-cultural attitude of this generation, but the fact remains, what we do in this business apparently lacks value when we're talking about the general public's wallet priorities. As far as music goes, I don't think we'll ever see a resurgence of sales comparable to what they used to be, even if record companies find a way to enforce DRM almost completely, because I think this generation has left a bad taste in the mouths of consumers.

I don't know, it kind of unsettles me that the main goal of this industry, as of present, is forcing people to buy something they don't particularly even care about.

But, that's how consumerism works, now isn't it.