Stupid Idea of the Week

(and it's only Monday)

Hey, let's charge churches to put on performances...

I could write a long explanation here of why this is a stupid idea, but what's the point? It's self evident, unless you're a member of New Labour.

More on copy protection

Regular readers will be aware that I'm the sort of person who does not download MP3s illegally, but fill my iPod with songs from CDs I own, or MP3s I've bought from sites like MP3.com and eMusic.com. I listen to more music using my iPod, or on my computer, than I do in any other way. Thus, it annoys me no end when a CD is copy protected, because the purchase of that CD gives me a fraction of the listening opportunities of a conventional CD, at the same price. I'm not going to pay the same amount of money for less value.

Now, of all people, Microsoft have come out and said that copy protection won't work. Maybe it has the muscle to make the music industry listen.