As far as I know, in the US this idea was nixed (probably by the RIAA). Then they couldn't charge $17.99 (and more) for a CD with those one or two songs you may like and keep any form of sharing illegal (not that I'm for passing copyrighted music around). It took all of this mess (and some reassuring CMP) to convince the RIAA that the idea of buying songs/albums online was worthwhile and the future. Yes, Sony still refuses. You will note that you will not find any Sony artists available at, say, iTunes.

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

 -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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