House Rep's Rap: Unshackle the CD. Anyone who's ever bought a CD only to discover it only plays on certain machines knows the problem with anti-copying technology. A Congressman wants to put an end to the practice. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]

I hope at least they stop paying the piracy tax. For every CD burner or blank media that is sold, the record industry receives a cut. Stop that and let technologies fight it out. Copy protection against crackers. I bet the later will wip the industry asses!

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Downloading Files and Storms. Michael Greene, the president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, chose a strange way to make his point about unauthorized trading of songs on the Internet. [The New York Times: Technology]

"Burning, ripping and sharing is not killing music," Ken Waagner, a digital-media consultant in Chicago who was part of the recording academy's board of governors for four years, wrote in a letter to Mr. Greene. "Greed, stupidity and ignorance on the part of the policy wonks and further alienating the listener is the real threat to the business, and ultimately the artist's ability to be heard."

He (Michael Greene) lied and cheated to make a point, nobody believe him anyway. They are going down!

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