Yeah, the prices are so high because most of the profit on CD's goes to the shareholders and executives of huge corporations that own ISP's, print newspapers and magazines, produce expensive but awful movies, manufacture junky consumer goods in sweatshops in Asia, distill liquor, own television and radio networks. And then there are all the middle men. And then...... then......the musician. Unless you are one of a handful of very powerful musical acts, you'll see very little of that profit from your CD.
The music industry is so nervous about the internet and download programs because because they're losing control of distribution to the artists themselves. In the long run MP3, Napster, et al will be beneficial to the artist.
[This message has been edited by hixmix (edited 02-29-2000).]