took the words right out of my mouth

[metaphorge]

"The simplest answer is because DRMs haven’t worked, and may never work,to halt music piracy. Though the big four music companies require that all their music sold online be protected with DRMs, these same music companies continue to sell billions of CDs a year which contain completely unprotected music. That’s right! No DRM system was ever developed for the CD, so all the music distributed on CDs can be easily uploaded to the Internet, then (illegally) downloaded and played on any computer or player."

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[roadriverrail.livejournal.com]

If the industry's ultimate goal is the phase-out of the CD, then this argument leaks some of the water it holds. Granted, you and I both know DRM stripping is easy to do, so please understand I'm only commenting against that one statement on its own.