On Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 04:36 PM, Charles Martin wrote: > Apple's success (which will happen in spite of short-sighted, > mean-spirited "hindsight experts" like Mark Morford) is the death > sentence of the modern record company as we know it today. When will the musicians wise up and bypass Apple and the corps and create their own ecom sites and sell direct? People spend a very large sum of money to go to a concert, why not spend a small sum to buy directly from the artist? --- If you have a Florida Driver's License, Florida will sell your private information, including Social Security Number. To block this sale, visit: <http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/ddl/DPPAInfo.html> JackRodgers at earthlink.net http://www.JackRodgers.com http://www.LobateLacScale.com