as restricted-use CDs (or, as

as restricted-use CDs (or, as Fat Chuck's calls them, "corrupt CDs") start hitting the shelves in greater numbers, the issue is beginning to attract more attention from the press, everyday consumers, and the government.

i think many more consumers would think twice about buying a restricted-use CD if they realized that, unless the artist had recouped* for the record label, the band that made the music on the CD wasn't going to make any money off their purchase, anyway. (via NY Times)

*don't know what that means? Steve Albini has done the math for you.