One of my local morning radio shows start asking listeners whether they thought music should be a fee based item a few months ago. I was absolutely shocked that almost 100% callers stated that they thought it was obvious that the music should be free. Only a couple of people who admitted to being working musicians called to say they thought people should pay for music. Is a musician not an artist (yeah, insert your jokes here)? Would these same people think that all art should be free or they shouldn't be paid for their career of choice because it was good for everyone? I guess as an attempted working musician a couple of decades ago, I couldn't fathom the average opinion. I spent over a decade working with the music majors providing retail inventory software and I can absolutely say that they did themselves no favors and proved 100% in attacking piracy/download issues. Having met many people at these companies I can tell you that it is no surprise they screwed it royally.
