Thta was ndeed an excellent result. It does leave me with the dilemma of whether to hail Billy as a hero for sticking to his guns and achieving it, or bemoan his subsequent praising of the evil corporation. I will discuss with my conscience and decide.

It does however put the lie to the conspiracy theories that said Murdoch wanted MySpace so that he could get his dirty mitts on the copyrights of thousands of new songs; clearly not the case, as he relented so easily. It was too simplistic a target for him - no, he wants the medium, not the content. That has always been his approach after all.