One step forward, two steps back (Score 2, Insightful)

And here I was just starting to feel satisfied paying $5 for a DVD that came out 20 years ago. A copy of "Spaceballs" shouldn't cost more than that. And it doesn't. There is a bargain bin at most stores.. which as the average consumer, is all I can afford to buy. RIAA hasn't seen my money for a long time. $15 for a CD that's 20 years old? The movie cost a lot more to make. Why would I pay more for a cd? I had the tape cassette once. Long since lost. And now this. A potentially degraded/unuseable "locked down" version of DVD's? I will go out and search about these "pirate" methods. I will google for the word "torrent" and find this thing known as a "client" ... I will learn about my "router" and how to "enable ports" .. along the way I will undoubtedly learn what this "spyware" issue is. Then I will come here at this place called "slashdot" ... *I* am the average consumer. And *I* am here. And *I* am not paying for these ridiculous new movie formats. Which corporate salesman will get fired over these ideas when they don't work?