From Anthony Newcombe
I have stopped purchasing and downloading digital music files due to the overzealous copyright enforcement described by Danny O’Brien (4 September, p 15) and ridiculous file encryption that prevents the playback of downloaded music files on other PCs.
The music industry seems to think every consumer is computer illiterate. Freeware MP3 recorders widely available on the internet can record a song and create a copy of the music file without encryption, within minutes. Useless digital encryption is inconvenient for the law-abiding consumer and will simply increase demand for piracy and illegal distribution of music files on the internet.
Llandysul, Ceredigion, UK
