The real reason they’re in trouble: CDs bloated with mediocre: “In Ian Werner’s English class, anger over record industry lawsuits against music downloaders is coalescing into talk of a CD boycott.

The idea, Werner says, is to send out mass e-mails encouraging people not to buy CDs in December, typically the industry’s busiest month. Although Werner stopped downloading songs, the 19-year-old Charlotte college student said he and many of his friends don’t want to pay $18 for a CD with two good songs. ” —Charlotte Observer