The music industry had a chance to embrace new technologies and create something like Napster or Oink on their own, ushering in the next generation of digital recording and digital audio files; however they saw this whole "internet thing" as a threat and tried to stifle innovation and evolution- which never has worked...ever. The Record labels are crashing and dying because of their own ignorance and close-mindedness. A wise man once said, "desperation is a stinky cologne", and the RIAA is bathing in that stuff, because they really STINK.