Can the crappy sales really be declared by just the illegal downloading?

[BiggBoogaBiff]

lol u dont think anyone make profits for free illegal downloads ?

if everyone stopped illegal downloads the following industries would collapse

file-hosting sites, eg rapidshare, megaupload who make big bucks thru advertising
MP3/DVD/CD players and any other device which plays music eg. in your car
makers of blank CD's/DVDs
pc/laptops sales(downloading is one of the main reasons people buy/use computers)
ISP's (are you really gonna spend 15-20 quid on an ISP of you cant download shit?)
tour ticket sales, which are generated from fans who listen to the illegal downloads in the first place

but those are third parties making money (besides the touring & artist site downloading).  it's more sensible and relevant to make have ALL of the money come in than out.  there's way more money to be made selling cd's than itune tracks (u might spend a dollar on a song but that dollar gets broken down in many different ways).  cd's are just more profitable for ceos' and artist and they build a bigger buzz bcuz that way no1 can call ur album wack before everybody listens to it.