Are people really paying that much for a single song?

Last time I checked I was paying 4p a song and have been for many years. 

Yes, it's legal....

But why tell you dear reader? You'll only go and slow down their web site to a crawl....

"Unlike Apple, Amazon isn't making money from Ipods and Iphones, it makes money from content"

I would have though it made a profit from selling Ipods.