I don't understand "making it a target." How many hundreds of thousands of mp3 players already exist?...dvd players that play mp3s, portables etc. Not to mention the millions of computers that have mp3 playback capabilities. I think it is important to REMIND companies that mp3 is here to stay. As much as record companies would like to get rid of mp3, they never will. Or atleast until it is replaced with a better form of comression. And believe me, if the record companies themselves could figure out a way to profit from mp3, they would. Instead, they are trying to control it, because they cannot profit from it directly.

And Micman2b....I am not sure what you are saying???