Fair enough. I agree that it is pretty hard to put the genie back in the bottle. But I don't think we can start addressing the issues of royalties, licensing and copyright until people recognize that artists do indeed own their intellectual property, and it is their decision as to how they choose to put it out. There is an analogy. If one owns a GM car, they can certainly loan it to whom they want. But go ahead and make an exact copy of that car and make it completely available to the world to do the same for nothing and see how far it gets. Or even attempt to copy some of their technology in a different design of vehicle, and then give the copies away for nothing. Not a lot of difference. When I continually tease you folks by telling you to fess up to the fact that despite the lofty arguments what you are really after is free music, I do it because I don't think the issue can be resolved until folks admit to the basic premise. And once you do, all the other arguments become pretty weak.

Mick