harmlessinc

I think what J. was trying to say ... in five words or less ... is that a lot of musicians also see your point and are releasing their own music themselves under their own terms. If your tastes run toward these genres, (which, really, is most of them) then this whole copy-protection thing is largely academic - it's interesting to watch, but it has very little personal impact. Are record labels shooting themselves in the foot? Sure they are. And they can tell something's wrong; they're just not fixing it the right way. It's a little counterintuitive to think that the solution to illegal copying/ downloading of copyrighted material is to make it *more* widely available, so I can see why labels are reacting the way they are. Things probably won't change much until public opinion has a chance to affect the marketplace.