So what?
I’m not going to get into a MP3/RIAA debate here but after paying for the cassette, album (and another Japanese remastered version), and DvD of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon... I’m sure as hell not going to pay Apple anything to put any of those tracks on a device I own.
I don’t like proprietary systems.
Gee, I’ve ripped all my old CD’s into, and with, iTunes, and they reside on my iDevices. If I ever get around to setting up a turntable again, i’ll do the same for my albums. But w/out the CDDB, it’s gonna be a pain in the @$$.
As for DVD’s, I have seen a software app, that will rip your DVD’s into an iDevice format. Newer Blue-Ray DVD’s come with a data disk of the movie so no ripping is required. Plug it into your Mac and iTunes imports it.