Responsible music aficionados should hasten the destruction of the musical middleman, but not at the expense of the artist. The rebels ought to use their positions of leadership in the cyber domain to create a viable direct music market, allowing the entire profit margin to be kept (at will) by the artists themselves.
The paradigm shift in music distribution and monetary disbursement this would entail is the real, albeit more capitalistic "digital music revolution" yet to come.
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B.J. Greenleaf '01 is a physics concentrator in Mather House. His column appears on alternate Tuesdays.