Garth Brooks and The Beatles are technophobes.

[Lard]

I have nothing against technology, but I prefer a physical CD.

Me too.

Your average joe doesn't give a crap what the bit-rate is, and nor does he likely know what that means, as long as he can get the song he wants.

I think Garth Brooks actually has some valid points(!), though I think forcing people to buy albums *only* is going to piss some people off.

What intrigued me was this quote - ""And if people try to make it a money issue, I can get the full album to the consumer for much less than they can get it at 99 cents a song."

I'm curious what he has in mind.

[SonicDeathMonkey]

I would never, in my life, pay for an mp3.
If others do, good for them. But I really don't feel bad for them if there are a handful of artists whose albums they are actually going to have to purchase, or download illegally, which is what mp3s are for as far as i'm concerned.