Digital rights (and wrongs)

Xug -

I have made mp3s off my extensive record collection. Yes, vinyl records.

If you can *listen* to it, you can rip it. Period.

Worst case scenario? CD player out -> Sound Card In, record that audio & then encode it into an mp3. It's a bit of a pain in the ass, but it's not so hard that most people couldn't figure out how to do it.

As for operating system choice... I already don't use Windows - I've got countless Linux boxen & 2 Macintosh computers (plus Jenni's iMac, if you wanna count that). There are a lot of people like me.

The fact of the matter is, there will always be piracy. I will always be able to take my cds and rip them into mp3s (which I do, with iTunes on my PowerMac G4, and holy crap is it a joy to make mp3s on that box), and I'll always be able to listen to them. Or the next big format. If you can hear it, it can be ripped.