NARAS (and Grammy) prez Mike Greene uses the Grammy stage to rip the file traders a new one. His hectoring lecture mentions 3 students who are asked to downlaod as much as they can over two days. Cut to a shot of these poor saps, one waves sheepishly, one smiles bravely and one shakes his head and hangs it in shame. Also talks about how file trading means that artists dont get paid. Mikey never mentions the many ways in which the industry consistently poses the question: "Why exactly do we need the music industry?"

Slashdot has a good article ("from the tiny violin dept."!) about the RIAA announcing thst they finally have the figures they have been hoping for - a decline in CD sales. As usual, fine skeptical discussion from the Slashdotters follows the artice. Link : RIAA Almost Down To Pre-Napster Revenues