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I think most people don't have a problem with the concept of paying for music - they merely have a problem with the amount being charged.
With the evolution of digital distribution, the value of all media has fallen. It's easier to create, easier to distribute and thus will increase the supply and thus if demand stays the same, the price will fall. The reason it didn't initially is because of the oligopoly the music industry has. If musicians were allowed to charge a variable rate for their product (like Radiohead could, being independant) the price would have adjusted to what the market deemed fair.
Instead, the music industry tried to maintain prices and people were given the choice of either paying $0.99 a song or $0 (steal it). I bet a lot of people would be happy to pay 5-10 cents a song, but since they aren't given the option, they round down because the music industry have priced themselves out of the market.
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