I think we've got to decide whether everything that has value should be protectable. To me, this case just highlights the fact that we can't have our cake and e

I think we've got to decide whether everything that has value should be protectable. To me, this case just highlights the fact that we can't have our cake and eat it too, at least in all cases. Personally, I land on the side of simply acknowledging that there are intellectual products that require plenty effort to produce and provide plenty of value but just simply shouldn't be protectable in every aspect. Sometimes, like it or not, the product of your hard work is a public good and the rest of us are just free riders. Accept it, be proud of what you did, enjoy your own opportunities to free ride, and find a different way to monetize. In this case, it's track listings, but I think the same should apply to software and UI paradigms. I, for one, don't want to live in a Balkanized world where every conceivable idea and work is someone's property.