Well, Mick, if you'll read the idea that I posted above, no I would NOT mind if they came up with a way to let the out of circulation tracks I preferred be downloaded for a reasonable charge.

Unfortunately, from the press releases I've seen, the majority of the recording industries likens that to suggesting that we stake their daughters down in the public square naked with signs saying "Take me now" posted over their heads. They also have this reaction with the concept of letting samples of 'their' artists' recordings be listened to beyond the mass released singles (Gee, I wonder if you could actually hear more than the one 'top 40' single... maybe that would be the end of the 'one song' wonders? Hmmmm....)

I think that most of what the recording industry (NOT the artists, mind you) disagrees with is the loss of their control. As it is now, major labels decide when and how ANYTHING is released, regardless of demand. Why make an artist's work available all the time, when instead (despite his/her/their wishes) you can create an artificial drought and charge MORE for the same product in fifteen years?

M