isn’t filesharing just a little like radio used to be?

For the Ex-Buccaneer, a Pillage-Free Playlist

Here’s the shocker: more than ever, he began asking us to buy CD’s for him. He wanted discs from artists he had come to know online, with the liner notes and lyrics. His less copyright-friendly buddies send him the stuff they like, and if he likes a song, he listens to a better-quality version on Rhapsody or buys the track.

Amazing but true: music downloading spurs music sales, at least in our house.

So let me see if I understand this: kid listens to music. He hears something he likes. He wants to hear more of the same. He experiments with different artists in the same genre. Then, he buys the recordings. Gee, that sounds a lot like my own experiences with radio before it became so limited.

Wouldn’t it be nice if the RIAA cartel took up a new strategy in this new year?