This is why the music industry is dying. Fucking lower your prices, put less emphasis on contractual obligations and more on artistic freedom, STOP PRODUCING, and quit coming up with cheap tricks to get people to buy music that YOU pick. Record execs: kill yourself.

And — "But the unpleasant truth is that these days many people, particularly young people, expect music to be free. The industry may finally have found a way to sustain this illusion while still getting paid." — yeah, douchebags who still watch MTV's TRL.