[Principled]

So since the laws can't stop it we should just give up.

No, that's STUPID.

The way to slow swapping is for the industry to change its model to any of an infinite possibilities. Three possibilities (one of which I liked a lot) are on this thread. Apple is trying another one.

[discostu]

How does that stop the swapping? All Apple is doing is selling the music one song at a time, yeah there's a little security on the file to inhibit sharing but that won't be hard to get rid of.

Don't mix up selling the songs on the internet with slowing swapping. They aren't even close to the same thing.

[Question_Assumptions]

For the record, there are 52 items in my "Purchased Music" folder on iTunes.

While there will always be people who justify illegal copies and free music over paying, it would help if musicians made it possible to (A) buy singles and (B) buy music affordably over the Internet. The iTunes service is incredibly easy to use, fast, friendly, and relatively inexpensive and I'm more than happy to use it. And I'm stunned that there are bands that are actually giving Apple a hard time.