A lot of people here have stopped buying cds already. I haven't for years. If i can get a mp3 for 50-99 cents or sometimes for free then convert it to be used on any platform i want then i'll take that any day. Protection goes up to a certain point until it takes away sales/interest. The easier it is to access something the more likely people will use that source instead. 15 seconds or less you can download a song. It takes over 20 minutes usually plus gas is a fortune these days then when you get the cd it has a bunch of crappy songs and 1-2 good ones. The artists only makes pennys off a cd while the riaa and all those companies make a fortune from it. When you buy online the artist gets way more of the money. Thats why i heard 50 cent approves filesharing. The more crowds that get to hear your music the more money you'll take home at the end. I'm pretty sure if someone really like a band that they'll buy atleast one of their cds to support them or even going to their concert. That also supports the band. The only people complaining here so much is the greedy corporations afraid of becoming obsolete. Sooner or later gas companies are going to start doing this. They are going to sue all the other companies for dumb reasons so they can postpone the inevitable. Sooner or later they will die off. Not completely but to a point where they can do jack anymore. Technology always prevails in the end. It went from records to tapes to cds then now mp3s. There should be laws for how many lawsuits you can file in a given time. Riaa and mpaa are just using and abusing the system now pretty much.