Gene Hoffmanis an American entrepreneur and activist. Hoffman was the co-founder of eMusic, one of the first internet music companies, the co-founder of Vindicia and the co-founder of the Calguns Foundation... (wikipedia)
This is a big sign-off on downloadable music. It brings some valid and legitimate content to MP3.
Although MP3.com has entered into settlement agreements with the five major record labels, they have chosen to ignore their infringing actions with respect to independent record labels.
It's a great way for the RIAA to act like they're doing something progressive without really doing anything. The recording industry wants to control all channels of distribution ? that's the issue for them, and nothing's really changed.
The problem with being a gun rights supporter is that the left hates guns and the right hates rights.
The idea is that instead of going to an online retail site ... and buying a physical CD and having it shipped to you, you actually can buy the song and download the song to your computer hard drive.