Turn off music store on library window

I just installed iTunes 6.02 and noticed a new feature. When I go to my Library, half of the window is now occupied by the Music Store. If I move the cursor over the line between the two sections, there is no resize option (as there is between the Source area). I want to see only my Library and not the Music Store. Is there a way that I can turn off the Music Store on this window? I find this invasion of my Library highly annoying.
Rhythmetic
iMac   Mac OS X (10.2.x)  

Yeah, at first I thought it was just shameless advertising, but it's actually just there to show you links to other music by whatever you are listening to on iTunes. If it can't find something similar to whatever you are listening to, it shows up as the top 5 downloaded songs and a couple links to the music store.
Not completely annoying, but it's a slight step in the wrong direction in my opinion. It just seems a little bit too forceful. I don't mind some advertising, but this was on the verge of overstepping the Apple law of not intruding upon the user experience or annoying the user with ads or anything else equally vexing.
I remember watching one of my college teachers demo a classical music CD for us in music class using the RealPlayer. The only thing I could think of was how annoying all the goofy advertisements and animation was. It was too busy and overwhelming. It would have killed any inclination to use it, had I never found the Mac.

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