Sample the Future

"So what happens now? For starters, every song on this disc can be shared, meaning that Kazaa, LimeWire, and Morpheus are all fair territory. That's shared, not sold: Commercial exchange of all songs is prohibited, so any copies of The Wired CD for sale on 8th Street are just as illegal as that bootleg of Team America."

‘Wired CD,’ artists give go-ahead for file-sharing

"When you take away that stuff and say, 'No, we own this. You can't have it unless you're ready to pay for it,' ... it basically cuts the whole culture off at the knees," Byrne said.

This Compilation CD Is Meant To Be Copied and Shared

"The fact that Creative Commons is beginning to move forward highlights a growing rift within the music industry: Even as top executives at music companies vow to continue their legal campaign, others are beginning to cast around for compromises with what they see as the inevitable nature of file sharing."