I don't think that most bands and yourself have to worry that much Danni. The fans who listen to you are going to buy your albums and support you. The "fans" that are downloading all of the songs in Metallica's case, and many others probably weren't going to buy the CDs anyway. That doesn't make it right but...what I do hope happens out of this whole fiasco is that the recording industry will stop this crazy practice of releasing a cd here in the states that is different from one in Japan (bonus tracks). I refuse to buy the same CD twice for an extra song. Why should I be punished for where I live?

Maybe prices will drop also for CDs. I bet you the majority of the profit from music CDs is not going to the artist. And regardless of what some may say, an MP3 does not have the same sound quality of a CD IMNSHO.