music sharing

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Here are some articles by Janis Ian, an industry insider who makes a very strong case against the RIAA's case aginst file sharing.They say that it is to the artist's benefit that file sharing be shut down, but she says that it is to everyone's benefit that songs get spread arouind for free. She's got hard data to back up her claims, too.

The first one is the short one.
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20021023/4557245s.htm
http://www.janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.html
http://www.janisian.com/article-fallout.html