Poor music sales blamed on pirates and video games.  No, the global economy in the tank which is effecting just about EVERY industry has nothing to do with it.. Oh wait, yes they say it's a minor third reason.

Now digital sales were UP by 27%.. Why do they consider this slowing?  Well, it was 45% last year.. but when you have a new technology and it catches on quickly, you're going to have high spikes like that in the first few years it catches.. you can't expect that percentage to STAY that high forever, it's eventually going to plateau or go up by a slow steady rate.  I mean you're expecting it to jump by 45% AGAIN?  No technology has done that consistently for long periods of time.  Get real, music execs.