I wonder if his balls make a lot of noise when he drags them on the ground.

I wish that article had a comments box.

he is asking what the difference between unprotected mp3s and unprotected cds are.

- mp3s can be duplicated in the exact same condition at no cost and resold.
- The companies have no idea how many units have really been sold as there is no ongoing supply chain
- it would be fairly expensive to reproduce cds with booklets to sell on as originals, but easy with non-drm downloads.

drm deals are one way limit to tie known companies only, to selling downloads. ie. to the consumer if its not a drm download then it is probably ilegal.

... or something.

he makes a lot of good points

Response from Jon Johansen:
http://nanocrew.net/2007/02/06/steves-thoughts-on-music/

Lawrence Lessig makes a similiar point:
http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/003699.shtml