Why are they not honest with the problem? The real reason they are losing money is the bootleggers. Anyone who rips some MP3s or a full CD and resells it with the case and label on the block for a five or ten fold.

You know, there are some of us that want to use the CD in different ways and they are just making it harder for us, but it will never stop. There will always be a way to rip/record/share music.