Money for Nothing

Yahoo! 360� - Douglas Crockford's The Department of Style: "Money for Nothing

In the realm of music, it is pretty clear now, even to the so-called Music Industry, that DRM is not a viable business model. Apple's thralls still shop at iTunes, but The Rest of Us aren't buying it.

So the cartel is exploring a taxation model. They want a piece of all music sales and/or a piece of all music player sales, which would probably include all computers and cellphones, to compensate them for their failures to adapt to the changing technological landscape. The cartel is not entitled to your money and should not get it.

Your Congressional Representative is up for reelection this year, and maybe one of your Senators. So ask them where they stand on the Music Tax. Make it an issue. Remind them who they work for."