Yeah lets all be trendy and pay threw the nose for cool little hd's signed by U2. Practicality my friend. Not everybody cares about keeping up with the Jones.

Back on topic, MD as a way around the DRM isn't a bad idea if you already have a MD player or don't already have an mp3 player. However, it is cheaper and certainly much less of a hassle to just buy the background recorder and be done with it. That way you can use or transfer the file however/whenever you wish.