] These days, CD technology has displaced the cassette in
] the mainstream, and mix CDs have become the new cultural
] love letter/trading post.
...
] Once again, we're being told that home taping (in the
] form of ripping and burning) is killing music. But it's
] not: It simply exists as a nod to the true love and ego
] involved in sharing music with friends and lovers. Trying
] to control music sharing - by shutting down P2P sites or
] MP3 blogs or BitTorrent or whatever other technology
] comes along - is like trying to control an affair of the
] heart. Nothing will stop it.

as someone who literally uses music (others and my own) as my main emotive, this rings very very true.