I think the problem is that the industry hasn't caught up to the technology. So you can blame the recording industry for being short-sighted and not realizing that people might want to have music in a form that they can play on their mp3 players, or in their car CD players or on their XBox or whatever in the living room. Eventually, bands like Coldplay (and their financial wizards) will realize that heavy copyright protection isn't doing anyone any favors and is alienating that portion of their fan base that chooses to use mp3 players or their computers or whatever to listen to music on.
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Date: 2006-01-04 09:26 pm (UTC)