How to fix permissions in /Library/Audio/Plug-ins in Lion

I noticed that very annoyingly, Lion comes with the following default permissions for /Library/Audio/Plug-ins:
drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 306 Oct 7 07:37 Plug-Ins
That means that you the user cannot drag a plug-in in and out as you wish. What a pain in the butt!
Simple fix:
sudo chown -R myusername:wheel /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins
sudo chmod -R 775 /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins
Now it's like it should be: you own your own darn folder!
Does anyone have a better way to do this? Like would you recommend just doing the chmod without the chown? Just curious. Also, I wonder why Apple made this curious modification to the system in Lion... it feels like they're increasing the level of restriction upon the owner of the computer from being able to use it themselves.

1.Click on finder
2. Look for GO menu at the top of the screen
3. Click on it and select go to folder option
4. Paste or type /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components there
5. Navigate to this folder
6. Copy and paste the component to that folder. It should ask if you want to replace the original file(files). Click on yes
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