CD sales are down and falling still. The effect to the economy in the West is pert of why we will all need to tighten our belts in the next few years.
Rolling Stone article. and
Herald Tribune article. Both show the real picture. But think beyond CD sales, think music stores closing, van drivers laid off, CD duplication plants closing. All because people refuse to pay for something.
Think even beyond that, music is only one thing people are stealing and it's not just kids today, it's adults as well and todays kids are tomorrows adults. Think Games, Programs, films, porn and DVDs all produced where? Not in China, India or any other third world country. They are all produced in the West. So someone saves money on a CD and buys a new coffee maker instead. A coffee maker made in China. It can be any product you can think of made in the Third World.
Someone in the West loses their job because people choose to steal a Western produced product and spend the money on an imported product. And the West is going into financial melt down because it does not produce enough and imports too much. So the bill is going to be paid.
As I said I think beyond the immediate situation.
Will World leaders allow this to continue? Would you if you saw $100 worth of goods being stolen that could be sold? Yes Gideon I pulled that figure out of the air to illustrate the point, it could be more.