WHAT WE’RE SPENDING OUR TIME ON….Why are CD sales really down? Piracy? Kazaa? Crappy musicians and a corrupt industry culture?

Perhaps it’s none of the above. BusinessPundit suggests that listening to music has just been replaced by other stuff: namely, video games, home video, and the internet.

Maybe so, maybe so….

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