Ah. I was not aware of how much higher it was in 2000. Price per album was significantly higher as well.[1]

Still, I take issue with your characterization of the big record labels as having "been mostly killed." $4.158 billion dollars in sales is not "mostly killed."[2]

If I owned a significant proportion of a company that had that kind of revenue per year, well, I would not just throw it in the trash and advise they close up shop ;)

[1]http://theunderstatement.com/post/3377858909/album-prices [2]330 million * $14 per album (from [1]) * 90%