Which can only mean that more and more people are buying and requesting for stuff outside of the surefire hits. Which only means that the pirates are getting richer, and that the record companies, including the artists and songwriters are losing lots of hard-earned cash over it. Like the man on the street cares. Never could afford it though. Hit me if you can.
CDs are expensive.
At PhP450 to 500 a pop, they make more of a dent on the budget than they used to. Now that pirates have gone digital with their multi-million peso duplicating machines which can churn out hundreds of discs a minute, we have suddenly been given a cheaper way to get the music. Believe me, I empathize with you. You toiled hard and long to see your work released in its pristine form. And now other people are stealing your creations and making illegal money off your ingenuity.