lesson 4-- ring tones and garageband

This was a hard week to get through.
I don't feel that I am understanding this, it all seems complicated to me. But my thoughts are these;
it seems to me (in my very unformed opinion) that the music industry is doing itself way more damage with the way it has been acting towards all these topics we have been discussing (music for fee, illegal downloading, etc.). It struck me while reading the part about ringtones and ringbacks that several big artists don't participate in it- according to the textbook. I wonder if that is because it is just too much bother or not enough reward?
It does seem that everything is way too complicated. Can't somebody just write policy that is not so friggin complicated?
And why are there so many middle men in music? There's your profit!

the websites for the week:
ok, a lot of these there is just not much to say about but here goes,,
- digidesign- This sibilius 6 sounds awesome (yes, I read about it on this site and then did not want to read about it later when you wanted us to).
You said you like adobe auditions. What do you like about it as composed to these others?
- garage band- Now this impressed me greatly. Take lessons- what a fabulous use of technology!!! I particularly liked the artist lessons. I also looked at those artists as possibly people that are more open to new technologies, or at least faster to jump on new bandwagons.
okay, steinberg is in German. which I can't read (yet) although I swear to start learning it before my trip to Germany next year, probably won't benefit me in this class.
Really, I don't know what to say about the rest of the sites. They are selling things which seem interesting, but I'm not sure how to apply it at this point.
What I like about these sites is seeing all the new technology- I am amazed.