Did Frank Zappa Come Up With A Business Plan For File Sharing In 1983? (techdirt.com)

Since when is downloading a file from a server considered file sharing?

Otherwise: Zappa was 20 years ahead of his time, it seems like the technology he proposed really would have worked, amazing read.

This interview of Frank Zappa, 'explaining the eventual downfall of music quality and talent' is so poignant. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZazEM8cgt0 Currently, the musicians on the top of the charts don't right their own songs and aren't every good musicians. The label's shape them and prop them up. Frank Zappa saw our current condition very accurately. The techdirt interview/article shows how much he wanted and needed to subvert the labels.