RIAA Yearly Profits:
1996: 12,533.80
1997: 12,236.80 (-297)
1998: 13,723.50 (+1486.7) (Year Napster was introduced)
1999: 14,584.50 (+861)
2000: 14,323.00 (-261.5) (Height of Anti-Napster actions, economy enters recession)
2001: 13,740.89 (-582.11)(Sept 11th spoils x-mas shopping season, economy plunges)
2002: 12,614.21 (-1126.68)(Economy still going down)
all figures in millions. so multiply those numbers by 1 million.
i got this off boycott-riaa.com.
Just thought I'd point out that they make over 100 billion dollars a year. Oh snap they are in trouble with that type of income.