.... DT and the music archive will only have long term value to the music community if control of it is wrested away from Max & Dick....

Well, nothing has prevented anyone from taking their free copy of the DT and having their own way with it, no wresting needed. And anyone is free to archive and do what they wish with thread material, as far as I know. I archive the Spirituals permathread on a regular basis, for example, and it would not surprise me if others have saved material from their own area of interest as well.

~Susan