In his acceptance speech, he blasts the music industry for its attitude towards the digital revolution.
##I’ve Paid Enough
The lesson of Napster, which popularised unauthorised music-sharing on the Internet, had more to do with convenience than the fact users could get music free of charge, in Jobs’ view. “We believe that over 80percent of people are willing to pay,” he says. “But there is no one offering you a choice.”
Exactly!
I own many CDs that I used to town on cassette tape, that I used to own on LP. I’ve paid enough! I’m not going to pay again for the priviledge of getting music into an MP3 player! I should be able to rip music from my legally purchased CDs into an MP3 player. Period!