Sony Being Stupid Again
According to this article, Sony woke up one day and realized they needed an MP3 player that people would actually buy.
The important part lies in one of the last paragraphs:
Nor are MP3 recordings necessarily illegal: “There are hundreds if not thousands of legal MP3s on the `Net,” Ron Boire, [president of Sony Electronics’ Personal Mobile Products company] said.
“Hundreds if not thousands” of legal MP3s? Let me calculate, for a moment. I own about 200 CDs, and I converted them all to about 2400 legal MP3s and keep them on my PC at home. I also have remote access into my home machine, so I can listen to them at work. Since my PC is technically part of the Net, according to Mr Boire I own just about ALL of the MP3s on the Internet. I feel so special.