sure who has to be paid how much. A license is still required for the underlying song from the composer or songwriter, but MIT has one (at the bargain price of only $4,000 per year). An additional license was also thought necessary (there are some defenses, but MIT was unwilling to risk liability) in order to have ripped versions of the CDs used in the system. This "ripped" license was approximately $8/CD, and was acquired through Loudeye . Interesting fact, Loudeye didn't have a license until the MIT students alerted the Harry Fox Agency to what Loudeye was up to by asking Harry Fox for a license for ripped CDs the MIT students planned to buy from Loudeye. LAMP is a direct result of the seriously confused copyright law regarding music. Exemptions and exceptions have been forced into the law to meet particular business needs and the desires of particular interest groups. The result is a mess that few outside of the legal profession can understand and something only copyright lawyers can love. Although I think that LAMP is great, it is the potentional for just such unintended consequences that makes me fear grafting even more complexity onto existing copyright law. October 22, 2003 The Digital Collegian at Penn State has more information on the soon-to-be unveiled experimental digital streaming music service at Penn State ( Details on file sharing could come next month ). This is supposed to be one of the big experiments that will show the RIAA