Yeah, I can't remember any of the websites either. But if we are going to have to do battle again, I can't believe we're not hearing more about it.

I think a lot of people are resigned to the fact we're not going to win this one. I know I am.

In the end the labels will get their way. And you know what? Since I claim myself a Republican I should probably accept that and see how it plays out.

I don't believe the government should step in and decide how the entertainment business runs itself. I was hoping they'd save our butts, but really, it's a free market and I believe in free markets.

If the labels think that destroying internet radio is going to help their bottom line more power to them. I think they're COMPLETELY wrong. I think just like they bungled the whole digital downloading thing they'll bungle this and put one more nail in their own coffin.

To this day I still can't get over how they wasted millions, maybe billions trying to fight Napster, trying to come up with DRM programs, instead of investing in an industry wide download option at FAIR prices.

Instead when they finally rolled out their own lame attempts at downloading they were crappy, clunky services that charged up to $3 per download. They failed miserably and were forced to accept that file sharing was never going to go away and legal downloads were going to have to be sold though a third party like iTunes, cutting into their profit margin.

In the future I think we're going to see more and more artists signing with small start up labels that encourage internet airplay.

I'm sick of battling with an industry as stupid and old fashioned as the record industry. If they want to hang themselves, let's give em' the rope.

I just checked Pandora, and no news on there either. I really think that's just a recycled story that's gotten picked up.

I agree that the whole thing has gone stale, but I'm an optimist and think that we'll win in the end. We're in another internet boom, and FREE is key this time. MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, Skype, YouTube, Hulu, Blogger, most of the Google stuff (Picasa, Google Docs, iGoogle, Gmail), all free. I really do think the trends and odds are stacked against the RIAA.

I'm all for free market, but I don't think that's the case here. If it was only the artists who signed with that label that we had to pay royalties for, then maybe. But this isn't for the artist to choose, someone who they have never made any agreement with is charging people, and is *supposed to* be giving that money to the artists.

In a way, this whole scare has been a very educational experience for me. I didn't understand how artists got paid before.