Muxtape vs. the big labels
If you are in the music tech business, stop what you are doing and read Justin's chronicle of his struggle with the labels while building Muxtape. An excerpt:
And so I made one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever faced: I walked
away from the licensing deals. They had become too complex for a site
founded on simplicity, too restrictive and hostile to continue to
innovate the way I wanted to. They’d already taken so much attention
away from development that I started to question my own motivations. I
didn’t get into this to build a big company as fast as I could no matter
what the cost, I got into this to make something simple and beautiful
for people who love music, and I plan to continue doing that.