NPR'd better watch out, LPR is coming to town. In the past, record companies clearly saw the benefits of getting play on the radio stations (c.f. the various 'payola' scandals). Now, with the Internet making everyone a radio station and LPR having a chance of proliferating, they're seeing the model break down. A more cynical interpretation of the change of heart, of course, is that it's simply a land-grab, that they didn't like the radio stations not paying them, and the change of medium allows them another method of collecting.

P2P on a donations model.

Scientists discover ways to preserve wax cylinder music recordings digitally. In other news, Congress extends copyright terms once again.

--Ari