True. There's no stopping the hackers. You either make it easy for people to buy your music or you make it a pain in the butt. The easier and cheaper it is to buy the more you'll sell. I think the record companies are shooting themselves in the foot. Good post Alex.  

Seems like Apple is trying to make some waves in getting the industry to stop the ridiculous cat-and-mouse DRM game: http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/I couldn't be more behind this - there will ALWAYS be people who will steal music, and the only people who really lose out where DRM is concerned are the consumers.