And a patent-encumbered format as well. Stick with the shiny silver discs
for your master copy and use Ogg Vorbis for portability.

How is it encumbered? There are at least a dozen "rippers" and hundreds of
players.
If you like shuffling fragile pieces of plastic, you stick with the silver
disks, records, cassettes or even your 8-tracks. They will be collector items
some day ... assuming they don't succome to the ravages of time.
I guess the world needs coasters too.