Demise of the music industry

"Now there is an easy payment system, itunes, on the web they are starting to pay again. If the big music companies had spent their energies dreaming up a payments mechanism for web downloads instead of suing their customers they could have swept all before them. Instead they were like the crew of a sinking boat that blames the sea instead of trying to mend the leak."- This article is blaming the music companies that did not think of a easy accessible way for the customers to pay for their online music meaning that illegally downloading it was a much easier option. They were suing people for downloading illegally but not making it any easier for people to buy and pay for their music legally.