Meh, half the problem is that VH1-ish baby-boomer bands set the president that concerts don’t have to make money, they’re for promotional use only. The music industry would still be a cash-cow with concerts, it’s just maybe those shows wouldn’t have giant walls and flying pigs and such.

Not to mention licensing. Do you know how much the artists/labels make when a song by a famous artist appears on an add or a movie? More than most of us will ever make in our lifetimes. Recently there was a Canadian movie called C.R.A.Z.Y., look it up. I believe that David Bowie made more off that film than the actors or the writer/director. The fact that we haven’t seen any major labels in the seven (?) years since napster came out probably says something.