Wow HN(!) what a discussion. its.. fun.. sort of. Matt: if the philosophical underpinnings of the country you live in.. (e.g. the constitution) agreed with

Wow HN(!) what a discussion. its.. fun.. sort of. Matt: if the philosophical underpinnings of the country you live in.. (e.g. the constitution) agreed with you, we'd have no JURY SYSTEM brother :). believe me, i (and many readers here) share your sentiments often, but respect for formal knowledge must come from knowledge itself, not prior experience or credentials. Also, as a former tech analyst who spent a LOT of time working with the labels in 1998-2000 on DRM and MP3, i can offer you this perspective: the music "industry" as we know it, only existed for a small amount of time between the first, nearly accidental, record sales, and the advent of the digital age. Musical artists as a group have never truly profited much from recorded distributed music - they have made money from live performance.. where, as you look at recent trends with companies such as LiveNation, things are predictably returning to. The execs yachts will be repo'd and among their jury may be the very people they prosecuted. rob