Got to get my $1.25 worth of comments in here.

EVERYBODY competes with each other in a capitalist society (CS). Those that gain the most GAME the CS's rules best to their own advantage - and use their influence to funnel the most money they can into their own pockets. They use their 'competitive' advantage to do so - which these days, is their sheer SIZE and CONTROL of the market.

Also, these days - companies are so BIG, economy of scale so large, and CONTROL of the market so strong - they can give A LOT of stuff away for free in order to DOMINATE and CONTROL the market. They do this buy BUYING rights to everything they can, and then GIVING as much as they have to away in order to win more $$$$$ from their competitors.

It goes on in EVERY field. It benefits each and every one of us every day - how often to you download software for free, or get a great 'closeout' item. The flip side is it hurts the individual that can't afford to compete in an environment like this (in fact, only the largest capitalized companies and monopolies can), and as a result - the individual is forced by this system to also give his product away for very low cost - as their are many low-financed small individuals competing with each other for some leverage from that big MONOPOLIZED company (even if there are 5 or 10 companies that control music distribution now - compare that with the number of music creators).

Again - my $1.25 view of the world. Take it for what it's worth.