Whilst we're on the subject, one thing perplexes me, the music industry has gone mega-paranoid about downloading music.

At the same time, I don't know about in the US, but in the UK, it's hard to buy a newspaper or magazine that doesn't have a CD of that same material that they've so zealously guarded, taped to the front cover - giving it all away for free.

Now I know the publication has paid for the use of the material, but I can't believe that what is true of downloading MP3's, according to the music industry, isn't true of giving away CD's: Both must cut deep into the retail market.


Edited by boxer (23/08/2004 12:20)