For every group of 5 programmers trying to come up with a "anti-piracy" CD protection scheme, there will be thousands of hackers breaking it.
This has been discussed to death on this forum (it would be interesting to see stats on how often one of these "the sky is falling for digital audio" threads is started here) :)
There will never be a time when you will not be able to make digital copies of your own legally bought music. And there will never be a time when you will not be able to go download the latest Michael Jackson album 1-2 months before it comes out, if you know where to look.
Not that I advocate that, of course. [the buying of Michael Jackson albums ;) ]
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