Have written on this quite a few times. People don't like MP3's and MP3 players as the format is intangible, it'll never take over from CD's. The convenience factor makes it popular but they've created a separate market and the music industry is in a strangle hold because of it, forget the number of people who have lost their jobs but its quite a few. A lot of musicians and people in the industry have been complaining but they aren't being given airplay, Sony for example have their own downloading service and MP3 players out and if they can cut out the middle man and have consumers buying direct they're not complaining. They've updated the packaging, put DVDs in with the CDs and fancy art work but the whole industry is in 'turmoil'... mostly the distribution companies that are being hit which in turn effects the small record shops, major ones like HMV can afford to buy in goods themselves.

Could go on but wont, digital culture is looking cold at the moment, all those kids out there with ''nothing to do'' seem to have all of their senses catered to entertainment wise, free downloading, free films, games galore and yet theres still a problem, wasn't so long ago the record shop was the center of the town for school / college / university students but they're closing down one by one in replacement for a digital era.

Call it 'killer convenience'.... the same extends toward the gradual death of the butchers and other trades swallowed up by large corporations.

Making it legal to copy CD's means that it'll be legal to copy DVD's, films, games, software and so on as it is in India and other places where there are no copywrite laws. They won't allow it to go that far as it'll effect the economy, more people would loose their jobs and so on. Can't bet Bill gates won't be happy. .lol.

Can't beat it.