I have a huge beef with the record industry. I remember when the last Cocteau Twins album came out and being the die hard fan I had to buy all the singles as well as the CD. Each single was in two parts. So you basically had to buy the single twice to get all the B-sides. So I paid $18 for the CD itself and $10 per single which was the album cut (that I already had) and two new songs. There were two singles (with two CDs each). So for the amount of music that basically could have been a double album I paid about $60 for. And you wonder why Napster because so damn popular.

I don't mind paying for good music, DVDs, websites, etc, if I'm getting what I pay for. But I remember before I got into this industry and I'd buy a membership to a site only to find that the content in the members area wasn't much more than was on the preview. I wonder if all this piracy came about as a result of people feeling they weren't getting their money's worth. I mean, we've all been in this industry for a long time. Remember when you could just put up a site with a few galleries and make a lot of money. Did anyone really think about putting out a good product that the members were going to like, or was it all about making something that would sell, regardless of whether it was good or not? How many people felt burned after paying for member sites that they didn't get their money's worth? And how many of them sought out new ways to trade content with friends because they couldn't get enough on the money they had to spend?

Where am I going with this? LOL! I'm rambling now.