Very interesting. I think they would argue that they are doing it to compensate for those who are using the blank media to copy the CDs and if you are not then you are just unfortunately having to pay the extra due to those who do illegally use the discs to copy material.

The same argument has always existed in the gaming world too, with publishers claiming they have to charge so much for their games to make a profit because of the number of people pirating their games.

Personally none of this holds water in my view. For the majority of games and audio CDs people copy, would they have bothered buying the original if they couldn't copy it? Very doubtful in most cases. It always makes me laugh when they claim how much the industry has lost over the year due to piracy.