See David Pogue/NYTimes on Paying the Piper, Round 2: The Repertory Grows about the last year of music industry attempts to sell online, and efforts going forward. Same issues as always: price, convenience in user interface as well as with the product once you buy it (read: DRM restrictions) and selection.

Oh, and catch Ed Felten's look at a Washington Post article that talks about SunnComm and a copy-protected Anthony Hamilton CD which an Amazon reviewer noted had annoying DRM, and the reporter had trouble accurately describing:

And how can the reporter let pass the statement by Jacobs implying that only "determined hackers" would be able to thwart the technology? We're talking about pressing the shift key, which is hardly beyond the capabilities of casual users.