The BBC’s Natalie Donovan breaks down the £8 that one pays for a music CD in the UK: 30% to the label, 17% to the retailer, 13% to the artist, 8% to manufacturers, 7% to distributors, and 5% on “administering copyright.” The rest appears to be eaten by taxes. It’s an anachronistic and vaguely boosteristic thing to cover, but it’s also true that the CD remains a popular format: 70% of (ever-declining) album sales.