In all honesty, I think clarifying the copyright laws for digital media is necessary. The important thing to me is to keep consumers informed about their rights, and that any legislation introduced acknowledges the rights of consumers.
For example, in regards to "illegal...[to] copy music from protected CDs to IPods": If the content distributors want that, and think it is a good thing, then fine. But make sure consumers are aware that if they purchase the CD, they'll have to purchase it again via iTunes or the like to listen on their portable device. And then the consumer can make the decision "what BS", and either go download the album from the illegal underground that will always exist, or just decide not to support companies that take their customers for granted. Either way, this type of content protection will fail, and the media companies will finally have to change their business practices.
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