@Razor
I don't mind being called a luddite, not at all, as long as what I'm proposing is conductive to a healthy economy - and it is.

We have laws for everything except where there should be one, a sort of  'Law of Automation'  which sets out limits to ensure that only unhealthy, dangerous, or otherwise impossible jobs are permitted to replace a human with a machine.  It is automation and corruption made possible by digital platforms that is bringing the economy to it's knees.  Books, films, music, those things can all be distributed by physical means without the need for automation, therefore the "Law of Automation" would not permit this role to be manned by any sort of robot, physical or digital.  Printing the cover of a vinyl record, for example, would be permitted by a machine, because humans can't mass produce prints by hand.  What would not be permitted, however, is for that printing machine to be automated without the need for a human being employed to manage it, to refill it's ink, or to quality control and inspect the output on the production line etc - those things can be done by a human, therefore a machine should be illegal under the law of automation.

It's the simplest equation of all (and one that cannot be gotten away from):
Automation = no jobs = a failing economy (which is what we have).
No automation = humans required = lots of jobs = a heathy economy (which is what we need).

So lets take a look at just a single download from iTunes:

• Select Song, pay Apple, done (and you have been for paying money for something you don't own, have no control over, and cannot resell).
• Automated cash transaction complete, cheers sucker.

Now let's take a look at what would happen if the iTunes bullshit were banned and you were forced to buy physical:

• Jobs available at the press of a vinyl pressing plant.
• Jobs available at the machinists who make the pressing machinery that press the vinyl.
• Jobs available at the couriers who deliver the machinery to the pressing plant.
• Jobs available at the printing plant that make the covers for the vinyl.
• Jobs available at the paper manufacturers that make the paper that is used to make the covers for the vinyl.
• Jobs available at the manufacturers of turntables that are required to play the vinyl.
• Jobs available at the component manufacturers who make the components that get fitted to those turntables.
• Jobs available at the music store that needs to exist in order to sell the vinyl.
• Jobs available at the Hi-Fi store that needs to exist to sell the turntables that play the vinyl.

... you get the idea, and for CD.

• Jobs available at the manufacturer of the CD pressing plant.
• Jobs available at the manufacturer of the CD players that are required to play the CD.

... etc.

All of that stuff can be wiped out by a single automated server that sucks-up cash and channels it to Apple HQ.  Sure, there's more to it than that, but in a nutshell it should be perfectly clear why these systems are destroying the economy - and will continue to do so for as long as they're allowed to exist.

Guess I'll stick to being a luddite then ;-)