US alternative band The Offspring plan to give their next album away online as MP3s, much to the chagrin of their recording company, Sony. I think it is a good idea; hopefully when this happens and doesn't destroy sales (I mean, a directory full of MP3s is not the same thing as a CD with artwork, lyrics and no compression artifacts), more artists and companies will clue in and retreat a bit from their paranoid everything-must-be-encrypted stance.

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