Not to belittle any of the concerns that people have...

But beyond the P2P issues and the like, what is the issue with offering to store customer's purchases on the website?

I can sincerely understand the concern if MP3.com was stating that once you posted a song they could continue to sell it indefinitely. But as far as I could see, most of the issue related around the site's storing the files for customers that have purchased it.

Tell me - would it be an issue if someone downloaded your CD, and then stored it on FreeDrive or some other internet site? It'd only be accessible to those who the owner of the site allowed in.

If it's something else, or merely that this is the proverbial "straw that broke the camel's back", then my apologies. But if it's merely a matter of being upset that MP3 customers can access purchased material via the website, then I can't see the issue. It'd seem to be on par with being a more accessible version of having a private collection under lock and key that you can access. You've bought everything, now you just have a copy of it where it's safe.

Once again, if this is NOT the issue, I apologize and would love to hear what the issue is - however, from the links Hesperis provided above, this really appeared to me to be the central issue...

M