The author of the article mentioned that you should be the owner of a CD in order to download. Didn't MP3.com try that with Beam-It and get forced to lock up 99% of their archives? It was a good idea, forcing you to prove your ownership by having the program read your CD and then allow you to stream the MP3's, but alas, the Rich Ignorant A$$h0l3s of Amerika didn't see it that way...
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The author of the article mentioned that you should be the owner of a CD in order to download. Didn't MP3.com try that with Beam-It and get forced to lock up 99% of their archives? It was a good idea, forcing you to prove your ownership by having the program read your CD and then allow you to stream the MP3's, but alas, the Rich Ignorant A$$h0l3s of Amerika didn't see it that way...