I failed to realize nothing. The decline is in dollars, duh. The unit is generally $1 per track. That has not changed in 5 years or more. People are not paying the same for the same amount of music, and anyone who comes up with such a ridiculous postulation is surely making conjecture that cannot be backed up with facts.
HughH:
there is a larger dollar volume of sales NOW than there was in 85 - when, I guess, they WERE making a living . . . or at least that greedy 5-10% . . .
What exactly made those people greedy? Because they made money? Your logic fails at every turn.