A Bleak Future For Physical Media Purchases?

KevReedUK writes "The folks at ZDNet are eulogising over the upcoming death of physical media music sales. They refer to the noticeable drop in physical sales of albums whilst digital sales continue climbing (albeit at a reduced rate). Their central argument is that 'the music industry was pillaged by piracy and competition from other forms of entertainment such as video games ... [2007] marked the lowest tally and the steepest decline since Nielsen began publishing estimates based on point-of-sales data in 1993, a Nielsen representative said. The peak year in that time was 2000, when sales reached 785 million units.'"

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Re:Decesions, decesions

[TimHunter]

All leaps and bounds better than the stuff I liked 5 years ago I hate to tell you this, but the crap you're listening to today is no better than the crap you were listening to 5 years ago. I remember carefully explaining to my sister (who was all of 2 years younger than me) how the music I was listening to (Iron Butterfly) was art while her music (The Archies) was just pop. In fact, both were transient crap and I'm willing to bet you've never heard of either band. Newsflash: The music you're listening to today is transient crap and 10 years from now you'll be embarrassed to admit that you ever thought it was anything else.