The main source of frustration with this is the fact that they see music as a physical product, while using "intellectual property" laws to prevent any other form.
If it were up to "them" the only way to listen to music is either commercial radio: which pays for licenses, or purchasing physical media and with it the "license" to play it in the privacy of your own home. Anything else is difficult, and DRM and other measures try to institute the same laws governing physical products on digital media (you can't copy your car ;-) ).
This is the argument they get attacked on time and time again, with people saying they don't innovate their business model and try to prevent anyone from innovating as well.
If it were up to "them" the only way to listen to music is either commercial radio: which pays for licenses, or purchasing physical media and with it the "license" to play it in the privacy of your own home. Anything else is difficult, and DRM and other measures try to institute the same laws governing physical products on digital media (you can't copy your car ;-) ).
This is the argument they get attacked on time and time again, with people saying they don't innovate their business model and try to prevent anyone from innovating as well.
Wait... is it really 2011?