Did technology and lawyers kill the music industry?

Vinyl to tape to CDs, and now internet. There a drastic drop in the quality of music being produced today, and I find myself looking more and more to the past. I feel bad for the people that had to keep replacing their sound equipment and recordings. I also feel bad for the artists being sued over the slightest copyright infringement. Small wonder it's the untalented nobodies we mostly see now.

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uncalled4 · 56-60, M

Technology, no question, and I say this not only as a die-hard music fan but also a musician who records original music. I remember the day I brought home my CD burner in 1999. CDRs were still expensive, but I knew it was over. Who was going to pay $15 for a CD when it could be cloned for a buck? With file-sharing sites, that was another nail in the coffin.

I truly believe that the reason that there is less quality is twofold; that tech exists to make almost anyone a star, and that people now think that music is free. I have felt this at both the original performance as well as cover/tribute level.