[noxToken]

Physical media still exists for a lot of music, but I know first-hand that some music, collections/anthologies/compilations and playlists containing some original content are becoming increasingly digital-only. Check for an artist's profile on a music service that allows you to purchase and download the content. Bandcamp (no affiliation) is one such service. Then you can make your own physical or digital backups external to the service.

This is less than ideal, but it works for now.

[SteveNuts]

Remember, even CDs aren't safe from DRM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootk...

I guess Vinyl is the only way to go for true security-minded individuals.

[kwhitefoot]

The Sony/BMG rootkits only worked on Windows. I never had any trouble playing them on Linux. I stopped buying all Sony products when I found out what they were trying to do. And that's after half a lifetime of recommending Sony. Idiots.