The whole argument that globalization and free trade are good for everyone - people, not just the big companies - falls apart when there are laws preventing the consumer from getting the benefit they should - namely, cheaper goods. In this case, it's cds in Europe, but in practice, it could be any other manufactured product.

I'd like to support the European Union more, but when the EU proposes idiotic and opressive laws like this, and stupid money wasting programs like this, it's a not so easy.