Good news! Steve Jobs, whose own Apple iPods and soon-to-be iPhones are laden with intrusive copy protection (Digital Rights Management) schemes, has "jolted" the music industry by calling for an end to copy protection (New York Times: Jobs Calls for End to Music Copy Protection. It's a great idea and his loud voice will help. By the way, I am still waiting for my free download from Sony music, promised as settlement compensation in a class-action lawsuit penalizing Sony for its brazen installation of a digital timebomb into my computer (and a few million others) that damaged my peaceful enjoyment of a CD I'd purchased legally and, worse, posed extreme dangers to my computer to boot. All I'd wanted to do was play a CD on my computer and Sony said: "We set the terms, you have no rights." (More on Apple "iHandcuffs," DRM issues and my fight with mega-conglomerate Sony is here.)