Bands do make a lot more money from recordings than they used to, but obviously producers make a lot too. P2P wont ruin the industry. The main problem in my opinion is legal downloads. If you get no cd case etc. then legal music is no better than illegal music. CD prices should be halved, that would help a lot. It's the same with software like Microsoft Office. I expect very few private owners actually bought their copy, I didn't and never will at these prices. If they maybe made the price 1/10 of what it is, I, and most other people would be far more willing to buy the legal versions and the companies would probably end up making more money.