Should be quite powerful. The Gnutella developer talks about distributed profiteering, an idea that becomes clear from browsing member collections as described above. Each music collection is the starting point for a whole Web, with discussions, lyrics, pointers to other sites, more music, and who knows what. Each of these sites acts as a distributor, and why not put some money into the mix, flowing it back down the chain to the originating artists. His verbal testimony on Tuesday was not that clear, so I just spoke with him on the phone to verify that I understood the idea.
Senators threaten to force music licensing .
Com watched Tuesday's Senate testimony too, and heard Utah Senator Orrin Hatch lecture the music industry on their attempt to control music on the Internet. Also testifying was eMusic CEO, Gene Hoffman. I had no idea what he was saying. Then it got even worse, he started trashing Napster. The MP3.Com guy did it right.