[E. Pluribus Unum]

Copyright law was not intended to provide income to corporations in perpetuity. It was intended to provide income to the original creator during his/her lifetime.

Lawyers and the elected officials they purchased perverted into something else.

[general_re]

John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants said although record labels are the mainstream media is fun to bash, they help filter music the news. Now consumers must do much of that work themselves.

I'll take that deal. FR helps me find news I'm interested in, without the filters of the mainstream media, and I predict that some community will arise to help me find the music I'm interested in, without the filters of the record labels...

[steve-b]

Others said the explosion of new music -- partly driven by digital music production technology and the Internet -- has made it easy for bad music to proliferate throughout cyberspace.
"There's an incredible amount of mediocrity," said musician/songwriter Eric Bazilian, formerly of the rock group The Hooters.

I was going to make a sarcastic comment, but a target this easy is just no fun.

[Snowy]

As digital file sharing, webcasting and other new technologies proliferate, artists and industry officials meeting here said the music business is in jeopardy unless artists, record companies and consumers stop fighting and start compromising.

Finally! Someone has decided to use their head!