I don't buy it. Literally. Lets work on models and stores so your friends can be successful without the big labels.

Why are the big labels successful? Because we're moronic and like what we listen to on clear channel or see on VH1. We should be more like you and like music for the musics sake and not because we heard it on the radio.

Lets work on larger distribution. Lets force Job's hand to distribute The Decemerbists free of DRM and free of a label. Then they get all of the money, not some BIG label.

The BIG labels are only BIG because we make them BIG. We can make them small and distribute the cash where it belongs - in the artists hands.

I don't really mind that this sounds idealistic - We have the internet and distribution models like never before. With mySpace and other avenues of social sharing, bands can get their information out - heck you just shared a band you like on a blog.

Lets move to not needing the BIG labels, their lawyers and their crappy talent. Lets move to supporting the artists we like directly.