It also has the effect of shutting down a service in a similar fashion to what occurred with Napster a couple of years ago and that has the potential to be good for record industry revenues.

I am a firm believer in letting the market regulate itself and letting the consumers vote with their wallets. This incident [with Sony BMG] is merely one instance of the media and entertainment industry going too far. As a result, I do believe that it is time to get government involved in setting down some laws that clarify the content owner's rights as well as the rights of the consumer. It is evident that the media and entertainment industry cannot be trusted to self-govern.

They'll have a trusted list of friends and everybody will share music from those kinds of locations, similar to the way we all used to make tape recordings of albums.

It's a matter of time before software developers decide to base a company in a place where intellectual property law enforcement is lax. And when that happens, the media companies will have a big problem on their hands.

If there's a heaven upon the earth, a fellow knows it whenHe's been away from home a week, and then gets back again.

It's just, frankly, polite and respectful to not sort of barge into your kids' personal spaces. Once notified, then you have a perfect right and permission to say, 'I'd like to take a check.