> Bragg told the Indie.... "If we follow the music industry down that road, we will be doing nothing more than being part of a protectionist effort.

When the world and its Bragg make talk as if protectionism was the devil incarnate, it behooves the rational person to take a closer look in the horse's mouth, i.e. at the bees' knees.

Going forward, it looks like the global economy could increasingly prefer barter to dollars, i.e. horse trading. Think of downloading as an invitation to barter.