i agree up to a point. but that is based on the demand of the consumer. If I was Jay-Z or Kanye, or another artist who is pretty much guaranteed to be #1 when they drop a new album. itunes takes 30% for 'distrubution'. for math purposes let's say they are expecting to sell a million on itunes. that's $990,000 total sales. Itunes keeps $297,000 of that. for what hosting 100 mb on a server? but if the artist/publisher (or label) sells it on their site for 75 cents. the publisher saves 5%.($49,5000) but the consumer saves 25% and is more likely to go to where it is cheaper. I think that if you can distribute it everywhere, do it. but drop the price when you distribute it yourself.