[Principled]

You're assuming that the illegal swappers are willing to pay anything. They're behavior shows your assumption to be wrong.

THey haven't had the opportunity to buy but one way- the same way they've been buying since before the personal computer was invented.

Used stuff can be damaged. Used stuff is inconvenient. THe apple thing handles those problems nicely... and is selling well.

There is nothing to indicate that swappers would refuse to buy under an alternate method. Your assertions to the contrary are empty.

[discostu]

I see so now legal behavior isn't convenient. More sad sack excuses. When you can accept that they're nothing more than petty thieves you'll understand why the iTune model won't change the situation. Not that I'm against it, I think it's pretty cool for a completely different kind of music buyer than myself, but it's not a solution to the bootlegging problem. Not even close.