Quote Originally Posted by Don Corleone
Yes, by all means, let's construct a system that addresses the status quo and does not give the RIAA & the MPAA the final say in all matters, including what technologies will be allowed. But let's not let any hooligan that wants to prove they're above the law confirm that belief in the mean time.
I agree. Personally, I do not break the law on file-sharing and have the devil of a job stopping Lady Ghost from sharing CDs in contravention of copyright law - in spite of the fact that much of her Marcosian collection of shoes is funded by my copyright protections. She's Russian you see, and in that country there is little concept of IP rights, especially in music and software. A whole generation has grown up there and in China with no regard to the sensibilities of the MPAA.

Of course, I also haven't bought a DRM protected CD of music in years*. The pigopolists think that their CD profits are being sucked away by illegal file-sharers, but it's as likely there are many consumers like me who don't want to have illegal software installed on my computer, or to be told where and when I may listen to music I purchased legally. I don't like to be characterised as a criminal by default for liking music, so I opt of their game until they come up with a new one.

I would love to buy music and await a time and method when they finally realise they should be catering to my needs as a consumer, rather than their needs as fat cats.

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*This is easier for me than most, as I consider music to have died when they put Mozart in the ground, and therefore there's a lot that interests me that's not DRMed.