The RIAA is working it’s ass off to find money and “protect copyrights.” Pissing off your customers is not a good way to go. The best way to solve this problem is to adapt. We in the computing field can help. Please get out of your sandbox and get into our world. Talk to people like this: http://www.cangooglehearme.com, and the You Tube guys, the Google guys, the Digg guys. There are brilliant, entrepreneurial, energetic people out there that could solve your problem if you let them. And BTW, I don’t mind helping. 🙂
Update 4/2: Today Apple and EMI announced that they will sell DRM free music at a $.30 premium. The music files will be 256 kbps. This is a great first step. There is still a long way to go. http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/02/steve-jobs-and-emi-present-an-exciting-new-digital-offering/
Techno babble from an IT guy named Harry 