http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070215/002923.shtml A massively illuminating series of articles on TechDirt. Extremely relevant for the software industry (and a host of others too). My unsolicited advise: take the time to read, re-read and grapple with the concepts in the articles, they contain some of the best business advice I've seen in quite a while. You may also like a free Google Books version of Chris Anderson's "Free: The Future of a Radical Price" at http://books.google.com/books?id=lLZbXN2odVYC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&... is the same Chris Anderson of "The Long Tail" (blog at http://www.longtail.com/). While at it, grab a copy of Cory Doctorow's "Content" at http://craphound.com/content/download/ These are all legally, and intentionally, free copies. So what's in it for software dev's? Basically: how do you make money off your software when it's so easy for people to share it, with or without your permission? saidi