With all the hubbub regarding Sony’s DRM CDs and rootkit, I thought I’d post a link to an article I wrote when the CDs were first released. Oddly, few people covered the initial story.

• “It’s Mine, All Mine” – 20050617

As an aside, music will be free in five to 10 years. Albums are a promotional vehicle for concert ticket sales and merchandise. Once musicians take advantage of this, they’ll start dumping most of the major labels or force a radical restructuring of the standard contracts.