Cringely on the RIAA
Richard pointed this Cringely piece out to me. Interesting idea for getting round the RIAA. Nobody's done it though, so perhaps it wouldn't have worked out legally after all.
It does seem too easy somehow. And not the kind of progressive, gradual solution that wouldn't lead to a destructive implosion in the music industry and subsequent dark ages. Or maybe it would lead to a flowering of new songs and unfettered artists. I don't know.