Labels Out of Sync Taking Downloaders to Court

smh: Here's a good article by Dan Stapleton that sheds additial light on the industry's situation...He claims better songs mean better sales, no matter what the means of distribution and no matter how well the labels develop means of online revenue, the reality remains that to continue selling millions of CDs, they need to release music that's actually worth listening to. "Every year, the major labels wait for global CD sales figures to be counted, anxiously anticipating a decline that will justify their crusade against person-to-person networks...So it seems unlikely that the major labels will make much headway in courtrooms. Instead, they need to face the reality that their product - and the means of delivering it - needs to change. Instead of ignoring the internet and hoping it will go away, they need to harness its power to reach consumers and get them excited about good music again." (registration required)