What seems to most balance out the major music labels resistance to the MP3 explosion is the fact that their own artists are ahead of the curve. - Richard Menta

When the motto for the year 2001 is "Innovation Followed by Litigation" you know who the biggest winners are - the lawyers.

The flaw of target marketing is that it assumes people are indifferent to variety. Suburban white boys won't listen to Rap because supposedly they can't relate to urban black youths hopping around to all beat and no melody. What we get is music segregation on the airwaves and the record racks.

The world is filled with millions of 17, 19 and 21 year olds with the necessary programming skills, no day job yet, and a passion to create. Think of the Internet as the great egalitarian environment where multi-billion dollar conglomerates are regularly out-maneuvered by the efforts of individuals.