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To: inaflash who wrote (53801)	6/10/2006 11:05:40 PM
From: HerbVic	Respond to of 213182

Yeah, this is going to be another one of those "elephant in the room" problems where all of the blind politicians try to discuss their proposed solutions based on which part of the elephant they are familiar with. The crux of the biscuit is that you can buy a CD and convert your music as you please, and still keep the CD as a master. People want that flexibility to extend to all digital downloads as well, and I can't blame them. The music labels still think they are going to thwart music copying by converting to copy protected CDs and only supporting DRM protected downloads. They are the ones encouraging piracy. When consumers cannot copy any song onto their device of choice, they will get a download of it free from where they will always be able to find it, the Internet. What needs to happen is for the music industry to wake up and realize that they are not selling a commodity. They are selling a service of packaging and distribution of a commodity. Because the product is so abundant, its intrinsic value is zilch. But, because people really do want the product, they are willing to pay for the convenience of getting it. The music industry's practice of imposing arbitrary restrictions on that convenience is restricting the broader appeal of their product. The more they squeeze for copy protection, the worse their market suffers.