Potentially, the rise of the Internet as a free entertainment center, and the accompanying availability of free MP3 files, could be contributing factors. I'm willing to wager that more taped copies of music are pirated each day than an entire year's worth of MP3 files. But that's just a guess on my part. I've only helped 27 bands press their CD's. If artists can't get paid for their work, then a lot fewer will get into the business.
Artists create art because it is what they do.
They can't not create art. To do so would be painful. The fact is, artists create as an expression of their soul, not to turn a buck. Artists have always been taken advantage of, since time began. The band sued them, and won.