so the basic of what is being said here is piracy has caused the prices of cd's and movies to go up for those oh so honest people?

am i the only person who remembers paying $15-$18, depending on the artist and age of the album, for a cd 10, even 15 years ago?

and how much is a basic cd today? i just purchased the jayz american gangster from the only store left around here that sells music for $18, and purchased the last P.O.D. album from the same store for $16.99 the day it released....the only 2 cd's ive payed for in the last 5 years, to me the argument is invalid and useles, if anything piracy should drive the prices down, not up, that is a direct indication of greedy record companies and to them i say **** you....i dont care if you want to call it stealing or not...music today is mostly about low talent dancers who just happen to carry a note, music sucks right now


there arent many, if any, artists out there who can make a collection of music worth buying....hence the digital age of itunes, etc....before cd's the entire album had to be good b/c you couldnt just skip song to song like you can on a cd, minus vinyl of course, nowadays you get 1 or 2 good songs and the rest are fillers....im not paying for fillers