Ugh...seriously Weirdie my dear you may think you are listening but you are definitely not HEARING what the problem is. Music has never been free. People have just now grown accustomed to having as much of it as they want. It is a luxury item. I remember being a kid and anxiously awaiting my birthday and Christmas because I knew I would get some great new album. The problem is a sense of entitlement that is really harmful to artists. Why should ANY artist give away anything for the pleasure of anyone who lacks the respect to compensate them for the many hours of labor intensive work it takes to create something worth listening to? This is why music is going to hell. Now we will be left with nothing but crap to listen to because it is so easy to produce very quickly. I can't believe this conversation is even taking place...