The end of the CD?

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Slump in album sales could see end of CD

The record industry suffered a double whammy at the beginning of 2008, as album sales were hit by a catastrophic decline, according to new figures, and experts predicted that plans to legalise the copying of music between formats could soon render the CD redundant.
The BPI, which represents the UK music industry, has revealed that sales of albums had plunged by a remarkable 10.8 per cent in 2007. When compilations and soundtracks were stripped out of the figures the fall was an even more dramatic 14.3 per cent on the previous year, which in turn was nearly 3 per cent down on 2005 sales.


http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/news/article3321395.ece

They should not charge the earth for them, bring the price down more and people may buy more CD's. I can not speak for the rest of the world but here in the UK they cost to much, true to say if you hang on for a couple of years the price will fall but not by much.