I think that the early exploitation of Napster against the music industry made publishers feel like they were losing large amounts of revenue. There was one pro

I think that the early exploitation of Napster against the music industry made publishers feel like they were losing large amounts of revenue. There was one programming publisher who was trying to make the argument that the lack of availability for an affordable price was the reason why people were downloading illegally. The counter argument was that his small niche was not indicative of a large industry. What you are mentioning about Amazon is pretty enlightening for me to read. If you think about it, the lock-in you suffer from iTunes is an outdated and anti-consumer stance. It is absolutely unnecessary to force a purchaser to store his digital goods on the cloud.