Exactly. It isn't really the amount it adds on to the cost of a blank CD, because as you say it is a couple of pence at the most, but it is instead the principle of the thing.

And I completely agree. Any digital file can be copied. And as all copy protection is created, it can also therefore be broken.

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Piracy nowadays is way too impersonal
Very true. You definitely don't get the same thrill and excitement by just visiting a torrent site or using a search engine to find and download what you are looking for, compared to physically go around a friends house with a stack of blank disks, copying the new software, and then going home to test them all out.

Although I do still get a great buzz when I find something retro on a members site that I've been after and can finally get. That is still great.