The apple implementation is about as kind as you'll see: you are allowed to burn it to an audio cd, and once you have done this then you can rip it to mp3 or ogg without restriction.
You guys are naive if you think that people are going to get fed up and things are going to return to the good old days of more freedoms. Things are going to change, but via DRM. This whole P2P issue with mp3s is just throwing it to the forefront. And it is something MS has been preparing for for a long time.
Ted Turner has said before that if you dont watch the commercials then you are stealing television. I don't see it personally.
I look at the success of Bit Torrented movies and tv series as just being an obvious example of how the media industry hasn't figured out how to provide what people want. Everybody wants the tv shows and movies that they feel like watching, WHEN they feel like watching them, without leaving the house. People are willing to deal with slightly less than dvd quality and the hassles of all these codecs and players and P2P apps to get this. But the providers want you to just watch what they are giving you when they want to give it, or else you can go rent a movie or go pay a premium to own dvd and watch when you wish. Where is the happy medium? TIVO is to some extent, but the concept of a "shared tivo" is many times better. And when you share it and fully unlock the potential of the idea of TIVO then it becomes a crime. Silly.
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