The article doesn't mention legal downloads which might skew the results even further in favour of filesharing and will to some extent explain why CD sales are

The article doesn't mention legal downloads which might skew the results even further in favour of filesharing and will to some extent explain why CD sales are falling. Another reason why I think CD sales are falling is because the music that the present day record industry puts most of its effort into promoting is of a lower quality than it used to be. I think things like Napster spooked the industry, it reacted incorrectly and it became extremely profit orientated to the point that it actually became detrimental to profits.