I did a video on this after reading Cory's first post about it.

http://blip.tv/file/get/Scottyiseri-SoHowsTheAlbumSelling953.m4v

I kind of feel it takes into account that it's hard to compete with free when it comes to building that fan base. Once you've been giving the music away for free, how do you get those fans to turn around and cough up dough for the Mousepad and the Coffeemug when the one thing they cared about in the first place (the music) was free?

Both this, and the Chris Anderson article in last months Wired struck a chord with me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HNPFYns-gM