My real beef with this issue is some of the record companies
paranoia with mp3's. They are trying to fight it instead of embracing it (some do seem to be trying somewhat).
I know how some of them feel. Writing shareware provides me with part of my income. But fighting the pirates is a losing battle and most methods to fight it only hurt valid users/people.
Have a read here about how much choice the artists really get:
http://www.offspring.com/news/news64.html
Anway..this is off topic of the original thread.
I am going to stop here.