I thought my last post had gotten too long so I didn't post this in it but the more I've thought about it the more I thought it was a necessary point.  This is taken from a reaction to Scott Karp's post written by Mark Hamilton.  In response to the RIAA's stance he says...

I’m paranoid enough to believe that this isn’t mere legal wrangling on the part of the RIAA. I’ve suspected for a while this is where the music industry wants to take the argument. My reasoning is fairly simple: a huge part of the huge amounts of money flowing into the industry over the past 40 years has come from new technologies and the need to rebuy. Every time the method of delivery changed — from vinyl to cassette tape, from cassette tape to CD — serious music fans have laid out millions of dollars to repurchase music they already had to replace their “old” library.

But then a few paragraphs later he goes on to say...

Small pieces of the industry are changing: any number of smaller, independent labels and a growing number of artists are finding innovative new ways to connect with music lovers and navigate the tricky waters of massive change. Three of the big four labels have dropped DRM from at least some of their offerings.

I'm cherry picking here so I encourage anyone reading this to read his whole post but it was the best way to make a point that I think is really important which is that the industry is making strides to allow people to keep music on their PC digitally and even the most anti-RIAA people know it.  I personally think strides like stripping DRM from new releases shows an industry that is really trying to work with its customers and completely contradicts the characterization of them as people attacking even customers who just want to legally back up their music.

Please Note: I'm not saying the industry has always been this way I'm saying I think they've learned their lesson.