In response to RogerB:
In all actuality, its not the artists who are complaining (on the majority). Artists don't see shitte from record sales, they make money off of concerts and merchandising. I know this doesn't change the situation, but instead of the artists bitching its the record labels who aren't making the money.
And another thing that I noticed while reading the paper today, it said that the RIAA is using as evidence for the cause the fact that record sales are down a little over 1 million compared to 5 years ago. Hmm, maybe things change with time, just like an economy. I just think that part of their arguement is flawed.