Just bought the Chemical Brothers new album :-). I bought it in mp3 format - I only ever play CDs on my computer so what's the use of having the disk? When I say bought, I mean bought. I wanted to do it legally (afterall I have a salary now ;-)). So I bought it from Virgin Digital. Buying an mp3 rather than a CD made it about 1/3 cheaper and I don't have to wait for royal mail to not deliver it. All good.

Am a little disappointed however, to discover that I am "not permitted" to transfer the files onto my portable mp3 player. I seem to be able to copy them onto my usb memory key okay but the mp3 player is a no go. Shall try burning a cd tomorrow (yes, all the irony) and see if that works. Cos of course the real irony is that if I'd bought a CD I would be able to rip it to mp3 and do what I liked with it. Its all rather annoying and stupid and frankly makes me feel like to make a point of aquiring my music illegaly in future. Or at least sharing these mp3s as freely as I can with my memory stick :-p.