D. Applegate

Pennsylvania, USA

Computer Programmer

Of course people are turning to illegal downloads. Why would anyone want to put substandard quality music in my collection when they can get good quality elsewhere? iTunes is garbage. Low quality, restricted music? Right, sure. I rip all my CD's at 100% VBR (Not 192 CBR, which is about on par with a 5 year old cassette tape). I can put my mp3's on my file server, and play them from any machine, I can put them in my mp3 player, and I can take them to work. iTunes mp3's you can't put on more than one machine, and hte quality is terrible...they just can't compete!

DRM is a joke, nothing but a pair of handcuffs. If consumers are to wear them, they should at least have done something to deserve them!