I'm with kaid on this. If we continue to make it less convenient to purchase music legitimately and more convenient to download without paying, this is not going to go well for the music industry. The DRM "dream" might work (something smart enough to let you copy as much as you want for your own use, lend CDs to friends but not use them yourself while lent out etc...) but the basic copy protection is a real problem.
I rarely have time to just sit and listen in the main HT/music area (ie the basement
) so I rely pretty heavily on copied CDs for the upstairs system and the car. Every album I own is bought and paid for (often twice -- LP and CD) but I do rely on being able to have multiple copies.
The only copy protected CDs I own were gifts...
