The new iTunes has a "sharing" feature that allows people on your network to stream, but not copy, MP3s from each others' collections. It turns out that copying is pretty easy, if you're a Morlock — though it's easy enough that one imagines that it's only a matter of time until someone generates and Eloi-friendly app for it.
Jobs says that users are not being treated like criminals, but iTunes 4 assumes that if I want to share my tracks with more than three computers, if I want to copy streamed track, if I want to burn more than 10 CDs with a "protected" track, that I am doing so illegitimately. I know they need to strike a balance with their partners, but that doesn't mean I am going to just ignore these facts.
