A well researched article, I love it when people write/speak and have the data to back up their positions. As far as $30 a month goes for content, my Comcast b

A well researched article, I love it when people write/speak and have the data to back up their positions. As far as $30 a month goes for content, my Comcast bill sans internet is about $45 (I split the taxes in 1/2). I'm about to cut the TV part out, I can get all the shows we watch other ways for about $25 a month. I also pay for some of the online content, I have enough value for the NY Times that I pay to get past their paywall (I'm trading down Starbucks $$$ coffee for a better information flow) Another poster asked about Ticketmaster / Stubhub / etc. I've given up on major venue's, I can't afford the $100+ seats to be next to a drunk yelling "California!!" (Yes, looking at you G131 at the last Brian Wilson concert) We will go to smaller places where the ticket price isn't so bad. One of the points in the article that's very true for me is that I have a big music library of new music that's not from the traditional mainstream publishers. I'm always picking up new stuff that I get leads on. (Which reminds me there was someone here that said they had a new album out and I got it, so that direct to consumer model works). Things change due to technology. Buggy whips are mostly gone at this point and there isn't anyone lobbying congress about bringing them back.