Ian sez, "Despite what major records companies claim, not all musicians are against file sharing. But we rarely hear from them. But now:"
Steve Winwood, rapper Chuck D and the band Heart, said in court papers to be filed today that it condemns the stealing of copyrighted works. But it argues that popular services such as Grokster, Kazaa and others also provide a legal and critical alternative for artists to distribute their material…. [Grokster] threatens that monopoly by providing a near cost-free distribution mechanism, which supports far more content than even Web-based distribution systems.
(Thanks, Ian!)
