I see the question as one of relative pricing of mp3s to CDs. If a 12 song CD sells for $15.99 in the store ($1.25 a song), is 99 cents a song really fair relatively? Consider that the CD is a physical object that has to be produced in a factory, boxed up, shipped hundreds or thousands of miles, sorted and stocked in a store by hand, and then sold at a cash register by a person and placed in a plastic bag. In the case of downloads everything is automated. True, the software has to be written and maintained. But, even given that programmers are a lot more expensive than cashiers and shelf-stockers the labor costs are still minimal. And, there is no transportation, no real estate being used in ten of thousands of locations, etc. My view is that a download should cost no more than half of what the same song would cost on a CD. So, I would say a maximum of 66 cents a song and preferably around 50 cents a song. DXer Guy