lets face it, vinyl IS going to die out for sure. The amount of alternative technology is mounting up.

Vinyl is crap anyway. Yeah it feels nice and it is easy to manimulate, but as a recording medium it is shite. Poor frequency response in comparison to cd, or digital data medium.
It`s too expensive to make, and in these cautious times for any record label, I`m sure all us label owners will prefer the benefits of CD in the end.

although piracy is the big downside to all this.

As followers of techno (technology) we should be embracing new technology.