I just ran across a news article on Lycos that was discussing this same issue, and they added this point:
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Privacy experts said they feared the log file could be used by investigators, divorce lawyers, snooping family members, marketing companies or others interested in learning about a person's entertainment habits. It also could be used to make sure users have paid for the music or movie, and have not made an illegal copy.
"The big picture might be the owners of intellectual property wanting to track access to their property," said Peter Swire, a law professor at Ohio State University.
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Great. I'm sure everyone here only has music that they paid for, right?
Take care,
-Chris