kirkenshrir said:
But the death of the record store is not what i'm worried about. It's mostly the death of the used CD shop - that is scary! I could name dozens of artists I love today that I discovered through used 2$ cds, tapes & even LPs picked up from used record stores, hand-me-downs, garage sales or pawn shops and the disapearance of this part of the market is really a tragedy for our future musical heritage. Music is now deletable.

Yes, but it's also much easier to share it. You can simply share a folder of songs on Kazaa or through Bittorrent and then someone else, who may not ever be able to get to that used CD store you have near you, can experience the same music. Then, if the artist has setup a website, they can go to that site and buy more (if it's available online).

The death of the used CD store, I think, is easily eclipsed by what the new media and technology allows us to do.